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Olympus E-PL3
Mirrorless Camera
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Sony NEX 3N
Mirrorless Camera
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What’s good about the Olympus PEN E-PL3
Best price
$378
- Slightly cheaper street price $378 vs $450
- Has longer exposure available 60 seconds vs 30 seconds
- Faster continuous shooting speed 6 shots per sec vs 4 shots per sec
- Has a flash hot shoe connector NEX 3N does not
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Olympus PEN E-PL3
What’s good about the Sony Alpha NEX 3N
Best price
$450
$450
- 60% more battery life 480 shots vs 300 shots
- Higher sensor resolution 16.1 MP vs 12.3 MP
- Significantly larger image sensor 367 mm² vs 225 mm²
- Better light sensitivity by 0 f-stop 16,000 ISO vs 12,800 ISO
- Newer camera April 2013 vs June 2011
- Better video capture 1080p 24fps vs 1080i 60fps
- Has HDR on-board E-PL3 does not have HDR
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Sony Alpha NEX 3N
What the Olympus E-PL3 and Sony NEX 3N have in common
- Weigh about the same 9.34 oz vs 9.5 oz
- Similar Body sizes 16 in³ vs 15 in³
- Similar viewscreen resolutions 460k dots vs 461k dots
- Same viewscreen size 3.0″
- interchangeable lenses
- HDMI port
- 3D capture
- panorama mode
- RAW capture
- flip out viewscreen
What’s missing from both the Olympus E-PL3 and the Sony NEX 3N
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No GPS tagging -
No waterproof housing -
No external microphone jack -
No Wi-Fi
