Kit Price (inc. 14-45 mm lens) |
• US: $ 999 • UK: £ 699 (inc VAT) |
| Body material |
• Aluminium die-cast chassis • Top cover aluminium, rest plastic |
| Sensor |
• 4/3 type CCD (Kodak Full Frame Transfer) • 17.3 x 13.0 mm active area • 8.9 million total pixels • 8.0 million effective pixels • RGB (Primary) color filter array • Fixed low pass filter (anti-alias filter) • Supersonic Wave Filter (dust protection) |
| Image sizes |
• 3264 x 2448 • 3200 x 2400 • 2560 x 1920 • 1600 x 1200 • 1280 x 960 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 |
| File formats |
• RAW • RAW + JPEG • TIFF • JPEG (EXIF 2.2) - three levels |
| Lenses |
• 4/3 standard lens mount • Range of ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses available • 2x FOV crop |
| Auto focus |
• 3-point TTL Phase Difference Detection • Automatic or manual point selection • EV 0 to 19 (ISO 100) detection range |
| Focus area selection |
• Automatic • Manual |
| Focus modes |
• Single shot AF • Continuous AF • Manual focus |
| Manual focus |
Focus by wire |
| AF assist lamp |
• Yes, flash strobe (flash must be raised) |
| Exposure modes |
• Program AE (with shift) • Aperture priority AE • Shutter priority AE • Manual • Scene |
| Sensitivity |
• Auto (ISO 100 - 400) • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • Expanded: ISO 800, ISO 1600 |
| Metering modes |
• Digital ESP • Center-Weighted Average • Spot (2%) |
| AE Lock |
• AEL button • With shutter release half-press |
| AE Bracketing |
• 3 frames • 1/3, 1/2, 0.7 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Exposure steps |
1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV |
| Exposure compen. |
• -5.0 to +5.0 EV • 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Shutter speed |
• Program AE mode: 1 - 1/4000 sec • Aperture, Shutter Priority mode: 30 - 1/4000 sec • Manual mode: 30 - 1/4000 sec, Bulb |
| Flash X-sync speed |
• 1/180 sec • 1/4000 sec (Super FP mode) |
| Aperture values |
Depends on lens: 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps |
| White balance |
• Auto • 3000 K (Incandescent) • 3600 K (Incandescent) • 4000 K (Fluorescent) • 4500 K (Fluorescent) • 5500 K (Sunny) • 6500 K (Cloudy) • 6600 K (Fluorescent) • 7500 K (Shade) • Kelvin (2000 - 10000 K) • Custom * All of the above can be fine tuned +/- 7 levels except manual presets |
| WB Bracketing |
• 3 frames • 1, 2 or 3 steps |
| Color space |
• sRGB • Adobe RGB |
| Image parameters |
• Saturation (5 levels) • Contrast (5 levels) • Sharpness (5 levels) • Monochrome (B&W, Sepia) • Graduation (High Key, Normal, Low Key) |
| Drive modes |
• Single • Continuous |
| Continuous |
• 2.5 fps • 4 frames maximum |
| Self-timer |
• 2 sec • 12 sec |
| Flash |
• Slide pop-up • TTL auto • Guide no. 13 |
| External flash |
• Hot shoe • TTL Auto FP / TTL auto for Olympus dedicated flash • Modes: Auto / Red-eye Reduction / Slow Syncro / 2nd Curtain Slow Syncro / Fill-in for exclusive flash • Flash power: Up to +/- 2EV in each 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV step for exclusive flash |
| Viewfinder |
• Eye-level TTL Optical Porro Finder • Field of view 94% • Magnification 1.0x with a 50mm lens and -1 dioptre • Eye point 20 mm at -1 dioptre • Dioptre adjustment -3 to +1 ditopre • Focusing screen: Fixed Neo Lumicron Matte • Mirror: side swing quick return mirror |
| Viewfinder info |
• AF point • AF frame • AE lock • AF confirmation • Metering mode • Exposure mode • Shutter speed • Aperture value • White balance • Exposure compensation value • Flash • Battery level indicator • Record mode • Number of storable sequential pictures |
| Control panel display |
• Flash mode • Flash compensation value • Metering mode • Focus mode • Record mode • Exposure mode • Battery check • Aperture value • Shutter speed • Number of storable still pictures • Number of storable sequential pictures • Image quality adjustment • ISO • Colour space • Mono tone • Hi/Lo key • Colour saturation compensation value • Sharpness compensation value • White balance • AE lock • Exposure level indicator • Exposure compensation value • Exposure compensation indicator • AF frame • Auto bracket • Noise reduction mode • White balance bracket • Drive mode • Selected scene mode • Number of pixels |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes |
| LCD monitor |
• 1.8" TFT LCD monitor ('advanced super view') • 134,000 pixels • 100% frame coverage |
| Playback functions |
• Single • Magnify (2 - 10x) • Index (4, 9, 16 frames) • Slide show • Histogram / Highlight warning |
| Editing |
• RAW development • JPEG editing (monochrome only) |
| Connectivity |
• USB (1.1) • Video Out (NTSC / PAL) • IR Remote control (optional) • DC-IN |
| Vertical / portrait grip |
Optional HLD-3 |
| Power |
• BLM-1 1500 mAh Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (supplied & charger) • Optional Power Battery Holder HLD-3 and Lithium-Ion battery • Optional AC adapter AC-1 |
| Dimensions |
147 x 85 x 64 mm (5.8 x 3.4 x 2.5 in) |
| Weight (no batt) |
580 g (1.3 lb) |
| Weight (inc batt) |
624 g (1.4 lb) |
| Box contents |
E-300 body, USB cable, video cable, Li-ion battery pack (BLM-1), Li-ion battery charger (BCM-2), shoulder strap, Olympus Master 1.1, CD-ROM, instruction manuals, warranty card. |