Fun and a delight to use. Have not had time to investigate all the color and mono recipes. But very pleased with the OM3

I purchased the OM-3 12-45mm f4 Pro Kit several weeks ago. I haven’t had much time to use it yet, but I’ll share my initial impressions. I’ve been a photography enthusiast for over 45 years and used a very broad range of equipment, both film and digital. The build quality and design of the kit is superb. The build quality is nearly comparable to the best equipment I’ve used including Leica and Hasselblad. While it doesn’t have quite the handmade quality of those other brands, it’s as good as it get for a mass produced product. The image quality seems excellent for my purposes. I’m a non-professional photographer and for my use case it’s highly recommended.

OMG I love my OM3! I’m a newbie to (serious) photography and purchased this camera because I needed something I could readily use outdoors in the PNW. PRO’s: the dials/knobs seem pretty intuitive even for someone with no prior knowledge of fancy cameras. Very sturdy and solid. You can feel the quality of the camera body and that helps me stabilize when shooting. CON’s: It’s heavier than I expected (even though the website tells you exactly how much it weighs). You don’t realize the weight until it’s actually in your hands. Overall, I feel like it’s a great camera for the price point. I look forward to many outings with this camera!!

The OM-3 is an amazing camera. I had the OM-5 before but I wanted more computational photography features (2 stops more on LiveND + LiveGND). I was also looking to get more control over jpg for casual photography and quick shots of my kids, without having to deal with raw files every time. Compared to OM-5, the AF is fast, and tracking is working really well, with various AI subject detections. The only reason why I'm not giving 5 stars is because I feel they could have improved the color profile settings. It's basically the same as the old PEN-F or PEN E-P7. Other brands are now doing similar things and sometimes even better. My wish would be: 1) ability to save the white balance with the color profile 2) ability to set the grain for color profiles (like BW) 3) add color hue wheel (and maybe luminance wheel) 4) add two points on tone curve for pure black and pure white 5) Finally, when looking at my takend pictures, when I click to edit a raw file in-camera, we are limited to apply a saved profile. It would be great to be able to customize again all settings. So I could have my 4 color profiles I use the most, but still being able to edit some pictures with other settings. They really need to improve the concept of recipes and in-camera editing. As a camera made for outdoor aventures and travel, having the ability to quick edit without a computer would be a nice feature.

After cycling through the E-PL9, E-P7, and E-M10 IV, I consolidated my kit into the OM-3. I was initially skeptical—I’ve always preferred the sleek, flat-top rangefinder aesthetic—but this camera’s upgraded sensor and color science won me over instantly. The handling is superb, and it feels like a precision tool. Whether I'm using primes like the 12mm, 14mm, and 17mm, or the workhorse 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO, the performance is snappy and reliable. I recently tested it in a low-light portrait session with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, and the results were nothing short of stellar. While I bought it for street, landscapes, and automotive photography, its versatility is impressive. I’ve barely scratched the surface of the computational features, but I’m excited to grow into them. Ultimately, this camera inspires me to get out and shoot—and that’s the highest praise I can give. View images via instagram: @instakenx

The OM-3 is a great camera. I genuinely enjoy using it, especially because the computational modes are so practical in real shooting. The 80MP high-resolution mode gives me noticeably more detail and improved dynamic range, which makes a real difference in my images. The design is one of my favorite things about it. A lot of people actually think it’s a film camera at first, and they’re always surprised when they realize it’s a modern, high-tech camera. The built-in ND filter is extremely useful for how I shoot, and the weather sealing and cold resistance are a big plus for me since I often work outdoors. Overall, it’s a camera that’s both fun and inspiring to use, while still being incredibly capable and reliable.

This camera ticks the boxes for looks with the silver and black retro style of previous film cameras and has the stacked sensor and sensor that brings with it live composite, focus bracketing, built-in ND and more. The lack of a joystick to move the focusing point and the appearance of the extra screen to pick the spot causes me to miss shots that I would not have missed with the OM1 II. I know this is targeting to street and every day photographers but, once in a while, you get an opportunity to catch a moving object and this camera requires an extra step to select you focusing spot. The subject recognition is very good but still misses objects which requires the user to select the focus point. The other hindrance is the color "recipes". Although a great idea, requires you to upload from a computer with the renaming a hassle. I would prefer uploading user installed LUTS due to the availability and be able to upload using SD card or Mobile App. I know these can be applied via LR or other program but sometimes I like to shoot .jpg and cook the color into the file and test my "straight out of camera" skills by using film style LUTS or "recipes". The next iteration could be a hit with user supplied suggestions but I don't think it will happen as the OM-5 has not incorporated many things users have been wanting for years.

I would give body and mechanics 5 stars, but give menu and functionality 4 stars and App for 3 stars for body 1st, Your body buttons are too small that it fits the people who is only 5 feet 2nd, I wish you can add more buttons on the body or adding stacked dials to give people more possibility to builder their own functionality to their heave scenarios. Like on the stacked dial, the top dial is for Scenarios, and the bottom dial is for technics. for menu - lacking deleting multiple photos at once using touch screen, think about commercial photography which has to make hundreds of hundreds photos a day, they need to select what they need, and delete tons of what they don't need. - I spend 20 minutes try to find a function in your so deep and complex menu, that cost my 400 watts lights 15% energy in my studio, what if you can give me the AI search bar and let me search - the menu is technical based, but for photographers, they are scenarios based, they want to have under the portrait scenario, which settings and functionalities I should set and save. This menu is efficient to use for photographers. for functionality This high-end camera even doesn't have selfie mode, making a selfie is so hard for me when conjunction with Oi APP. For App the App is so poor, 1st, it reacts too slowly. Every time I have to wait tons of seconds to let it be ready, which is so frustrating. In remote mode, the app can't support face recognition, AE lock, high-res mode, HDR, ND and my C1-C5 custom settings I made from camera. That makes me impossible to make a smooth selfie from the App. Why App is more important even than camera itself, is because I can use my 11-inch iPad to monitor, seeing everything much clearly than your 3-inch tiny LCD Screen.

Ive make a living doing action photography on full frame. I got back into photography as an art form using this system and it did not disappoint! The features and form factor inspires you to get out and get shots!

My most favorite camera I have EVER owned. I love this thing so much. Wonderful size and shape. Comfortable to hold. Overall amazing design. I hope you continue with this form factor. Light and small enough. But still powerful. I love the color modes. I would like some of the other color modes added also. There’s a color shift in on workspace. That would also be nice. I like how each C mode can have its own saved settings on the color dial. It’s really powerful and configurable. And it takes amazing photos. Wonderful camera. I love using the 12-45 f4 on this. And the 17 f1.8. But I can still put a 45 1.2 on it and use it comfortably. My only suggestion would be more color modes. Add color shift Create some new film like art filters.