Olympus PEN E-P3
Lowest price we've ever observed
How we compute thisLowest price we've ever observed. This at $169 matches the lowest we've ever recorded for this body. That's 19% of the $899 MSRP. Prices have been steady this month.
- Lowest now
- $169
- MSRP
- $899
- vs MSRP
- -81%
- 90-day low
- $169
- All-time low
- $169 (Jul 11, 2026)
- 30-day trend
- +0.0%
Sample photos
Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.
Browse shots on FlickrSpecs
- Brand
- Olympus
- Family
- Olympus PEN
- Category
- body
- Body type
- Mirrorless
- Mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Sensor
- MFT
- Megapixels
- 12.3 MP
- Lens type
- —
- Sensor family
- Olympus 12MP Four Thirds Live MOS
- Autofocus
- Contrast Detection
- AF system
- Olympus FAST AF (contrast)
- IBIS
- 3-axis 5-stop
- Weather sealed
- No
- Max video
- 1080p60
- Max native ISO
- ISO 12,800
- Weight
- 369 g
- Dimensions
- 122 × 69 × 34 mm
- Body material
- metal/plastic mix
- Released
- 2011-06-30
- Status
- discontinued
Notes
Tier B. | MSRP ~approx: launch pricing varied; not externally verified.
Autofocus & action
- AF system
- Contrast detect
- Focus points
- 35 contrast
- Burst (mechanical)
- 3 fps
- Pre-burst capture
- No
- Card slots
- 1 (Single SD UHS-I)
- Sensor readout
- Standard CMOS
Claimed world's fastest CDAF at launch in 2011; 35-point system with face/tracking detection.
Latest pricing by source
Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.| Source | Condition | Price | Listings | Observed | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mpb | good → good | $169 | 2 | Observed 10h ago | view listing |
| mpb | excellent → excellent | $179 | 3 | Observed 10h ago | view listing |
Price history
One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.
See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.
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References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.
1. Price history
- #1.1 · Grade buckets
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Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set:
mint,excellent,good,fair,poor, andunknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping. - #1.2 · Missing days
- A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
- #1.3 · Color encoding
- Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.