Olympus E-30

Olympus E-30 is Olympus's Advanced DSLR camera originally revealed on March of 2009. The camera includes a 12MP, CMOS Four Thirds sized sensor and has a maximum resolution of 4032 x 3024.

The E-30 ranks at #59 out of 92 in Advanced DSLR cameras & all around #449 out of 1465 for cameras in our database. Remember to test our Advanced camera filter to get camera ratings based on your customized criteria.

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The Olympus E-30 is part of a family of products. You can view the complete range below.

You can check the E-30 from different angles in the gallery below.

Below is a selection of pros and cons of the Olympus E-30 based on criterias that are oftentimes viewed as necessary in a camera.

The Olympus E-30 features the TruePic III+ chip. The dimension of the sensor on the Olympus E-30 is 17.3mm x 13mm (Four Thirds). The 225 mm² sensor can resolve 4032 x 3024 pixels and aspect ratios of 1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9. The camera features Image Stabilization (Sensor based). In body stabilization is superior than digital stabilization since the latter can produce cropping.

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The CMOS sensor has 12 megapixels and features a native ISO range of 100 to 3200. RAW files are saved which means that the user has wider room to maneuver in post.

The picture below displays the E-30's sensor dimensions when compared to other common sizes. The E-30 sensor has a crop factor of 2.1 and is pointed out in green.

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To get a sense of different aspect ratios, you can refer to the visual below.

Olympus E-30 weighs about 1.53 pounds (695 gr or 24.52 oz) & the volume of the camera is 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0"). The weight of normal Advanced DSLR camera is 776 gr and the Olympus E-30 is lighter in comparison with its rivals.

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Below is a visual of the Olympus E-30 with a soda to help you to get a sense of its scale.

The top view below will show the button design on the E-30.

The E-30 fits the Micro Four Thirds mount and has 162 lenses that you can buy. Below is some of the lenses we have in our collection which will fit the E-30.

ModelVisualizeFocal LengthApertureStabilizedWeight

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II R14-42mmf/3.5-5.6 112g

Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN Micro Four Thirds16mmf/1.4405g

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Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 50-200mm F2.8-4.0 ASPH Power OIS50-200mmf/2.8-4 655g

Samyang 100mm F2.8 Macro100mmf/2.8720g

Sigma 30mm F2.8 EX DN30mmf/2.8 135g

Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 Pancake25mmf/2.8 95g

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.817mmf/1.8 120g

The E-30 has the following connectivity:

• USB Yes

Cameras that feature NFC or Bluetooth compatibility are able to be controlled wirelessly through smartphones. You can copy pictures and sometimes change settings without the hassle of connecting physically to the camera.

Many applications even stream a Liveview and click the shutter if you aren't near the camera. If the camera has a HDMI port, it can easily be attached to an external monitor. Most cameras will allow you to recharge the battery using the USB socket.

Olympus E-30 does not capture video. If you are wanting a camera to take only pictures, this is not a problem.

There is no weather sealing in the Olympus E-30 so you need to be cautious in rainy and dusty conditions.

The Olympus E-30 includes a 2.7" fully articulated display screen supporting a resolution of 230k dots.

It has got a selfie friendly display to take self portraits and group photos if needed. Please note that the display has no touch support. The E-30 also includes a Top LCD display so its possible to quickly checkout your settings.

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The ViewFinder specs for Olympus E-30 are the following:

• ViewFinder Optical (pentaprism)
• ViewFinder Coverage 98 percent
• ViewFinder Magnification 0.56x

Viewfinders are quite handy for bright outdoor conditions which will make the camera display washed out and very difficult to see.

Olympus E-30 continuous shooting speed is 5.0 frames/s. The highest shutter speed is 1/8000s.

Olympus E-30 features both inbuilt flash as well as external flash ability. The maximum flash sync speed is 1/250s.

Olympus E-30 features both Phase Detect AF as well as Contrast Based AF. Phase Detection focusing is a lot more quicker and precise in comparison with Contrast Based focusing. The camera includes Face detect making it valuable for people photography.

It includes 11 focus points to pick from. Olympus E-30 has got manual focusing if required for low light occasions or you need more accurate focusing control.

The battery (BLM-1) in the Olympus E-30 is built to last for 750 clicks with respect to the CIPA specifications which is less compared with it's rivals. The general Advanced DSLR camera battery life is 909. Nikon D780 has got the highest possible (2260) battery life for this type of cameras.

Following is a listing of Advanced DSLR cameras having the best battery life:

ModelVisualizeBattery LifeRAWNFCBluetooth

Nikon D780
E-30 vs D7802260 yesnoyes

Nikon D850
E-30 vs D8501840 yesyesyes

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Nikon Df
E-30 vs Df1400 yesnono

Canon 90D
E-30 vs 90D1300 yesnoyes

Nikon D500
E-30 vs D5001240 yesyesyes

The following illustration provides a overview of the Olympus E-30 for specific styles of photography. To look at more, browse to the specific section below.

The Olympus E-30 gets a rating of 60 which is moderate, meaning that it is relatively suited for portrait images. Photographing portrait images favors heavily to sensor size, RAW support together with the option to utilize off-camera lighting.

Coming in at a very good points tally of 72, the Olympus E-30 is a respectable fit to use in street photography. A very good street photography camera offers a fine balance of picture quality plus portability.

A decent sports photography score of 52 means the Olympus E-30 is relatively suitable for taking pictures of sports. A camera needs to have fantastic autofocus plus fast continuous shooting for sports photography.

Size is very important in selecting a camera for travel. In general, the Olympus E-30 gets a moderate 49 for a travelling camera which makes it fairly acceptable for your journeys.

For anyone who is planning to pick a digital camera for landscape photographs, the most significant factor will no doubt be image quality. The Olympus E-30 and it's decent score of 52 as a landscape camera is reasonably acceptable compared to its rivals.

A camera for vlogging preferably should come with a moving display screen, microphone port and ideally image stabilization. Considering all the details, the Olympus E-30 is just not acceptable as a vlog camera as it comes to a dreadful rating of 18.

If you are shopping for replacements to the E-30, here is a list of the top ranked cameras that fall under the family of Advanced DSLR.

The chart followed below provides you a summary of the E-30 compared to it's top ranked competitors suggested earlier.

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