Olympus releases VF-3 electronic viewfinder

Olympus has officially launched the VF-3 add-on electronic viewfinder. Priced at £179.99, the Olympus VF-3 is cheaper than the existing VF-2 - no wonder given that this is a lower-specified model offering a lower resolution (922,000 dots), magnification (0.97x) and eye-point (17.4mm). Fortunately, the 100% frame coverage remains, and unlike the VF-2, the VF-3 comes with a shoe lock mechanism that prevents the finder from slipping out of the camera’s hot-shoe. The Olympus VF-3 is compatible with the XZ-1 compact and all digital PEN cameras except the E-P1.




Olympus PEN E-P3 with VF-3 viewfinder