Olympus E-PL3 Review: Almost a Great Camera Discussion

[Jerry Jackson]

For those of our readers who don't already know, the joint development of the Micro Four Thirds system by Olympus and Panasonic in 2009 allowed for the creation of a whole new category of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras that have since flooded the enthusiast photography market.

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[Andy Stanton]

I agree with Jerry Jackson that the absence of a place to grip the camera makes no sense. It might work of you use a lightweight pancake lens only, but if you use a zoom lens the camera's balance will be off. Why didn't Olympus stick with the body of the e-PL2? Strange.

[fotoopa]

You say:
Shutter lag came in at 0.01 seconds (Shutter Lag (press-to-capture, pre-focused) - making the E-PL3 just as fast as the speedy Olympus E-P3. But this is not thrue. I bought a PL3 on this basis. I have created a device that accurately measures the shutter-lag. I have tested all possible modes, including manual. The best time is 68 msec.
See:

PEN PL3_shutter lag by fotoopa, on Flickr

I think this time should be 0.1 instead of 0.01s. Unfortunately, a very short shutter lag was required.

fotoopa

[Andy Stanton]

Did you prefocus (press the shutter half-way down) before taking the shot?

[fotoopa]

Yes, you can see this on the LCD display where I use 250 ms Half-press signal (AF time).
The test unit use a remote wire cable from the Olympus RM-UC1 to drive the half and full press signals.
But even if I push the half-press (long before) on the camera the results are the same. Wired remote connection signals are a copy of the buttom signals. 7 leds on mains 1/160s openings time (between 6 and 7 ms as the shift led time is 1 ms as indicated on the display). Ofcourse the picture is taken with the PL3 camera.

I would be very happy if I made ​​a mistake, but I have done a lot of tests, take over the 500 pictures in all possible settings without any results. I have two quick cameras need for 3D high-speed shots via beamsplitter system. With this camera I hoped to have results.

Frans (fotoopa)

[Arnoldus1942]

DigitalCameraReview said :

Shutter lag came in at 0.01 seconds - making the E-PL3 just as fast as the speedy Olympus E-P3.

What is your testing method to get this shutter lag result ?
Are you using the wired-remote input ?

Regards,
Frans