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| sent on 18 Ottobre 2025
Pros: Stabilization, Build quality and solid feel, Battery life
Cons: For my way of photographing: "too" hybrid camera with some useless and non-customizable dials, non-existent grip and unstable grip, small and not very usable buttons (all things that one already knows before)
Opinion: I bought the OM3 out of curiosity and it left me decidedly indifferent, and it doesn't fit with my way of photographing. Then it is obvious that, as with all modern cars, you take home your shots. I dedicate myself to travel and family photos, I have used a little bit of everything in recent years, maintaining a preference for Olympus products and the M4/3. I don't need any particular speed performance (no birdlife, no sport), I don't make videos, I always shoot in RAW and then have a proven workflow in Lightroom. I regularly use OM1.2 and EM5.1 together with the fixed ones that the system offers (both pro and non-pro). The OM3, while maintaining the characteristics of OM1.2, emphasizes in a marked way some aspects and functions that I do not need. The OM1.2 is much more comfortable to hold and balanced, with more naturally positioned keys to reach, a much better viewfinder (I always dial with the viewfinder), and weighs a little more. Clearly the grip makes the dimensions different, but not that much. The EM5.1 (the 5 series in general) has smaller dimensions, a grip that is not intrusive but all in all effective, and now a much lower value that allows a more serene use in risky contexts. Clearly technologically it is far behind. On the OM3 for me the Creative Control wheel is useless (I don't use Jpeg), the ring on the left shoulder to select video is useless (I don't do any), and I use very little computational functions (this is a matter related to all Olympus products). The CP button, the most convenient to reach with the thumb, is fortunately reprogrammable to your liking, the dials I mentioned are not reprogrammable. The grip without grip can be liked but it is in my opinion very uncomfortable as the camera has its own weight, and therefore in the hand it is always unbalanced, even with small and light lenses. The menu, similar to that of OM1.2, is well made and readable. It remains complex because the machine is full of functions (but this applies to all of them now). The QI is in line with other modern M4/3 machines, it is talked about everywhere, whether it can be enough depends on personal needs. In general, if you don't take advantage of the specific functions and dials, I don't recommend it. |
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