Olympus E-3 vs Sigma DP3 Merrill

Below is a complete comparison of the Olympus E-3 and Sigma DP3 Merrill, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sigma. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-3 (10MP) and DP3 Merrill (15MP) and the E-3 (Four Thirds) and DP3 Merrill (APS-C) come with different sensor size.

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The E-3 was manufactured 5 years before the DP3 Merrill and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-3 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sigma DP3 Merrill being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the E-3 scores vs the DP3 Merrill with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-3 & Sigma DP3 Merrill. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-3 Gallery & Sigma DP3 Merrill Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-3 provides outside dimensions of 142mm x 116mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") along with a weight of 890 grams (1.96 lbs) and the Sigma DP3 Merrill has dimensions of 122mm x 67mm x 59mm (4.8" x 2.6" x 2.3") and a weight of 330 grams (0.73 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilizing at the time. The following is the front view sizing comparison of the E-3 vs the DP3 Merrill.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-3 and DP3 Merrill is 56 and 83 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to visualize the gap between sensor measurements purely by reading a spec sheet. The graphic below will provide you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the E-3 and DP3 Merrill.

As you can see, each of these cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-3 because of its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more challenging and the Sigma DP3 Merrill will offer you greater detail due to its extra 5 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-3 is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.