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| Price | $1,049.00 to $1,699.95 | $1,035.97 to $1,299.00 | $689.00 to $849.99 | $677.95 to $799.99 | $1,569.99 to $1,699.99 |
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| Release date | November 28, 2007 | August 31, 2008 | April 29, 2009 | April 18, 2009 | August 31, 2009 |
| The Bottom Line | Despite some interface quirks and a slightly awkward design, the Olympus E-3 fares quite well against its midrange dSLR competition. | Like the D80 before it, the Nikon D90 delivers an excellent dSLR for the money. | Though it falls short in its design, the Nikon D5000 delivers a nice feature set, speedy performance, and great photo quality for the money. | A solid, slightly better-than-basic dSLR, the Canon EOS Rebel T1i delivers photo quality and performance that adequately compensates for most of its annoyances. | The Nikon D300s is a great camera, especially if you need the burst speed or slightly improved low-light focus, but if you don't care about video you might consider looking for a really good deal on a D300 and using what you save to splurge on a good lens. |
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| Lens aperture | F/2.8-4.0 | Info unavailable | F/3.5-5.6 | F/3.5-5.6 | Info unavailable |
| Equivalent 35mm focal length | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 29 - 88 mm | Info unavailable |
| Optical zoom | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 3 x | 3 x | Info unavailable |
| Light sensitivity | ISO 100-3200 | ISO 100-6400 | ISO 200-3200 | ISO 6400 ISO 12800 ISO 100-3200 ISO auto (100-3200) | ISO 100 ISO 6400 ISO 200-3200 |
| Display (projector) technology | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix |
| Video input type | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera |
| Battery technology | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Weight | 1.8 lbs | 1.4 lbs | 1.2 lbs | 16.9 oz | 1.9 lbs |
| Effective sensor resolution | 10,100,000 pixels | 12,300,000 pixels | 12,300,000 pixels | 15,100,000 pixels | 12,300,000 pixels |
| Still image format | RAW JPEG RAW + JPEG | JPEG NEF (RAW) RAW + JPEG | JPEG NEF (RAW) | RAW JPEG RAW + JPEG | JPEG TIFF NEF (RAW) |
| Display (projector) diagonal size | 2.5 in | 3 in | 2.7 in | 3 in | 3 in |
| Manual focus | Automatic Manual | Info unavailable | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Info unavailable |
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