Olympus E-P3 strikes back with ultra-fast AF, touchscreen

Olympus early Thursday remade its entire PEN camera line and headlined it with the E-P3. The camera uses a genuinely new 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor and the first dual-core TruePic VI processor to reach much faster autofocus performance than not just other Micro Four Thirds cameras but most interchangeable lens cameras. It can supposedly outperform its higher-end rival, the Panasonic GH2, as well as full-fledged DSLRs like the Nikon D3100 and even the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV.
The updated combination also leads to a much more precise autofocusing system with 35 actual points, 11 of which are selectable, where the E-P2 was limited to 11 real points. Photographers can now use full-time autofocus th... »read more

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