Olympus E-PL3

Attractive retro styling, solid most metal (aluminium) build quality and sophisticated design, packed full of fun features such as Art Filter effects, Full HD video with stereo sound and near silent performance from bundled standard zoom

Omits the built-in flash and handgrip given to its predecessors in order to deliver a more svelte form factor, takes a bit of hunting around to locate key functions

Potential owners of the E-PL3 will be weighing up whether to go for this or an identically priced Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3.

The Olympus E-PL3 is a perfect step up for someone graduating from a point-and-shoot and a better choice than one of the high end compact digicam or entry-level DSLR. Compact, light and giving DSLR-level image quality and performance, we believe it...