Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
E-30
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 12 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4032 x 3024
- ISO
- Auto (200-3200), 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 11
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 5.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless)
Video and audio
- Microphone
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 98%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.02× (0.51× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 2.7″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Compact Flash (Type I or II) / xD Picture Card
- Battery description
- BLM-1 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 750
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 695 g (1.53 lb / 24.52 oz)
- Dimensions
- 142 x 108 x 75 mm (5.59 x 4.25 x 2.95″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional RM-UC1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →