{"id":824973,"date":"2025-02-07T00:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/om-systems-om-3-camera-marries-vintage-style-with-a-high-tech-stacked-sensor\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T00:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:11:56","slug":"om-systems-om-3-camera-marries-vintage-style-with-a-high-tech-stacked-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/om-systems-om-3-camera-marries-vintage-style-with-a-high-tech-stacked-sensor\/","title":{"rendered":"OM System’s OM-3 camera marries vintage style with a high-tech stacked sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OM System has unveiled the OM-3 Micro Four Thirds<\/a> mirrorless camera, combining an old-school Olympus-style body with the latest stacked sensor technology. The new model offers buyers many of the capabilities of the company’s flagship $2,300 OM-1 Mark II<\/a>, including fast shooting speeds and 4K 60p video, at a slightly lower price point.<\/p>\n

The OM-3 is a brand new product line for OM System, falling between the OM-1 II and OM-5<\/a>. It’s quite a bit prettier than either model, though, evoking the older, coveted<\/a> Olympus PEN-F camera. Like that model, it lacks a raised grip \u2014 so users must rely on the leatherette texture and thumb rest to keep hold of it. For travelers, the OM-3 is relatively light at just 17.5 ounces (496 grams) without a lens, a bit less than Fujifilm’s X100 VI.<\/p>\n

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The body is replete with dials and switches, including a pair of shooting dials, a mode dial and another to change between shooting photos, video and S&Q. One unusual feature is a “creative dial” at the front (borrowed from the Pen-F) that lets you switch between five modes (standard, mono, color, art and color creator). Those open up screen menus that allow further customization.<\/p>\n

Inside, though, the OM-3 is effectively a mini OM-1 II. Like that model, it comes with a 20.37-megapixel stacked BSI sensor that delivers very fast 50fps shooting speeds with continuous autofocus. It also offers the same 1,053-point on-chip phase-detect autofocus system along with pre-capture shooting of up to 70 frames. And despite the small size, it comes with five-axis in-body stabilization, albeit with lower performance (6.5 stops instead of 8) compared to the OM-1 II.<\/p>\n

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The other major downgrade is the lower-resolution 2.36-million-dot EVF that’s a bit disappointing given the price (the OM-1 II has a nice 5.76-million-dot EVF). It also comes with just a single UHS-II memory card slot. However, the OM-3 has the same 3.0-inch vari-angle display as the OM-1 II, which is nice for content creators, while also offering identical IP53 weather sealing and the same BLX-1 battery with 590 shots max in standard mode.<\/p>\n

On the video side, the OM-3 can shoot 4K video at up to 60p using the full sensor width with 10-bit log recording (though it can’t shoot 10-bit video in standard mode like Panasonic’s latest cameras). It also offers 1080p slow-mo at up to 240fps, albeit with a crop. If you’re willing to use an external recorder, it can capture 4K RAW video at up to 60fps. Like the OM-1 II, the OM-3 has minimal rolling shutter in all video modes, so it should be great for capturing action.<\/p>\n

The OM-3 is now on pre-order for $2,000 (body only)<\/a>, or $2,300<\/a> in a kit with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm f\/4 Pro lens. Shipping is expected to begin in late February. Olympus also announced an updated, more rugged version of its 100-400mm zoom, the $1,500 M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS II<\/a>, along with new weather resistant primes, the M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F2.8 II ($550) and M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8 II ($500)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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OM System has unveiled the OM-3 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, combining an old-school Olympus-style body with the latest stacked sensor technology. The new model offers buyers many of the capabilities of the company’s flagship $2,300 OM-1 Mark II, including fast shooting speeds and 4K 60p video, at a slightly lower price point. The OM-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2535,30190,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-824973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-camera","8":"category-systems","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}