Olympus E-3 vs Samsung NX3000

Below is a in-depth review of the Olympus E-3 vs Samsung NX3000, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by competitors Olympus and Samsung. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the E-3 (10MP) and NX3000 (20MP) and the E-3 (Four Thirds) and NX3000 (APS-C) come with totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-3 was launched 7 years before the NX3000 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-3 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Samsung NX3000 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going in to a complete comparison, below is a brief summary of how the E-3 matches up against the NX3000 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-3 & Samsung NX3000. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-3 Gallery & Samsung NX3000 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera often, you will have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-3 enjoys external measurements of 142mm x 116mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") having a weight of 890 grams (1.96 lbs) and the Samsung NX3000 has sizing of 117mm x 66mm x 39mm (4.6" x 2.6" x 1.5") having a weight of 230 grams (0.51 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the E-3 versus the NX3000.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-3 and NX3000 is 56 and 89 respectively.

Typically, it is tough to visualise the gap in sensor measurements purely by seeing technical specs. The graphic underneath might provide you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the E-3 and NX3000.

As you can tell, both cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-3 because of its smaller sensor will make shooting shallower depth of field harder and the Samsung NX3000 will provide more detail utilizing its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-3 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.