Olympus PEN E-PL3 - Sample Images: General Images

Overall image quality is very good.


The E-PL3 does a good job when faced with high-contrast scenes like this. A small amount of highlight detail on the buildings has been lost, but overall this image is typical of the kind of quality the E-PL3 delivers.


The i-Enhance Picture Mode setting delivers plenty of punch without being unrealistic.


Here we've used the Pop Art filter to spice up the reflection of the trees in the water.


The Diorama Art Filter can be used to make landscapes look like scale models.


You can also use the Diorama Art Filter to get a kind of Lensbaby effect.


Taking the E-PL3 to London Zoo we were able to use Shutter-priority to freeze the seagulls in flight.


Shooting through a glass tank, the swimming penguins have come out clearer than we might have hoped.


As with pretty much all cameras, the E-PL3 delivers the best results in the late afternoon sunshine!


The E-PL3's Marcro mode disappoints, so this image was shot at 42mm in Aperture-priority mode instead.


For this shot of the moths, we again used Aperture-priority to blur the background somewhat.


We used the Digital Teleconverter feature for this shot of the lion, and just about got away with a usable shot. Viewed any larger than this though, you can clearly see the effects of digital magnification. Not something we would use very often if truth be told.