Highlights
• 16.1MP Four Thirds Live MOS Sensor
• Dual Quad-Core TruePic VIII Processor
• UHD 4K30 Recording; Clips Video Mode
• 2.36m-Dot 1.23x Electronic Viewfinder
The best angles
Don’t settle for just one shot of the perfect scene. Easily capture it from any kind of tricky angle using the tilt touchscreen LCD. Creative control is yours, along with comfortable LCD viewing.
The right lighting
Always ready to go wherever you are, the built-in flash gives you additional lighting in low-light and dark shooting conditions. Just flip the switch and the flash automatically pops up.
The perfect view
It’s fast to give you the precise scene at all times: the Electronic Viewfinder. Automatic brightness adjustment and full creative control make sure your shots look their very best.
The easy touch
When you’re shooting in tricky situations, it’s sometimes easier to use the touchscreen. With Touch AF shutter, just choose the area of focus and then tap the screen for the perfect picture.
The compact companion
Just slip the E-M10 Mark III over your shoulder and take it along wherever you go. The camera fits in the palm of your hand and is so lightweight, you’ll nearly forget that you’re even carrying a camera.
| Type |
| Lens mount |
| Micro Four Thirds |
| Image Sensor |
| Type |
| 4/3'' Live MOS sensor |
| Effective pixels |
| 16.1 Megapixels |
| Filter array |
| Primary colour filter (RGB) |
| Aspect ratio & area |
| 4:3 / 17.3 x 13.0mm |
| Full resolution |
| 17.2 Megapixels |
| Engine |
| Type |
| TruePic VIII |
| Filter |
| Dust reduction filter |
| Supersonic Wave Filter |
| Viewfinder |
| Type |
| Electronical Viewfinder |
| Pixel number |
| 2360K dots |
| Diopter adjustment |
| ‑4.0 ‑ +2.0 diopters / built‑in type |
| Field of view |
| Approx. 100% |
| Magnification |
| Max. 1.23x with a 50mm lens set to infinity at ‑1 dioptre |
| Eye point |
| 19.2mm at ‑1 dioptre from eyepiece lens |
| Displayed information |
| Aperture value |
| Shutter speed |
| AF frame (super impose) |
| AF confirmation mark |
| AF lock |
| Auto bracket |
| Battery check |
| Exposure compensation indicator |
| Exposure compensation value indicator |
| Exposure level indicator |
| Exposure mode |
| Flash |
| FP flash |
| IS activating mode |
| Metering mode |
| Number of storable sequential pictures |
| White balance |
| Level Gauge |
| Highlight & Shadow |
| Live Pre-view function |
| Histogram |
| AE lock |
| Brightness adjustment |
| Adaptive Brightness Technology / Manual settings: +/‑ 2 levels |
| Correction of colour temperature |
| +/‑ 3 levels |
| Live View |
| Displayed information |
| Aperture |
| Shutter speed |
| Auto bracket |
| AE lock |
| Focus mode |
| Shooting mode |
| Battery check |
| IS activating mode |
| Face / Eye detection mode |
| Record mode |
| ISO |
| Sequential shooting mode |
| White Balance |
| Metering mode |
| Exposure compensation value |
| AF frame display |
| AF confirmation mark |
| Shooting information |
| Spot metering area |
| Super FP |
| Flash status |
| Touch Panel Condition |
| Focal length |
| Flash mode |
| Histogram |
| Level Gauge |
| Highlight & Shadow |
| Focus peaking |
| Number of storable pictures |
| Custom |
| Face detection |
| Flash intensity |
| Wi-Fi |
| Field of view |
| Approx. 100% |
| Magnification levels |
| 5 / 7 / 10 / 14x |
| Image Stabiliser |
| Type |
| Sensor shift |
| Modes |
| Five‑dimensional, vertical or horizontal activation, automatic |
| Effective Compensation Range |
| Up to 4 EV steps (CIPA) |
| Lens IS priority |
| Available |
| Live View stabilisation |
| Available |
| Focusing System |
| Method |
| Contrast Detection AF system |
| Focus areas |
| 121 points / All target, Group target (9‑areas), Single target |
| 800 points / Manual selection in Magnified View Mode |
| AF lock |
| Available; Locked by first position of shutter release button in single AF mode, AE/AF lock button (customised) |
| Modes |
| Manual focus |
| Single AF |
| Continuous AF |
| Single AF + MF |
| AF Tracking |
| Super Spot AF |
| AF illuminator |
| Equipped |
| Manual focus |
| Available; With enlarged focusing area or focus peaking |
| AF targeting pad |
| Available (activate/deactivate with double tap on rear monitor) |
| Face Detection extension |
| Eye Detect AF: Off |
| Near side priority |
| Predictive AF |
| Available |
| AF tracking |
| Available; Available in continuous AF mode |
| Exposure System |
| Modes |
| Programme automatic |
| Aperture priority |
| Shutter priority |
| Manual |
| Bulb |
| Time |
| i-Auto |
| Advanced Photo Modes |
| Scene Modes |
| Art Filter |
| Movie |
| Exposure compensation |
| +/‑ 5 EV (1/3 steps) |
| Note: Movie shooting, monitor and EVF displays only up to ±3 EV . |
| Exposure bracketing |
| 3 frames (+/‑ 1 EV steps) |
| 7 frames (+/‑ 2/3 EV steps) |
| AE lock |
| Available |
| 7 frames (+/‑ 2 EV steps) |
| Advanced Photo Modes |
| Modes |
| Live Composite |
| Live Bulb |
| Multiple Exposure |
| HDR Backlight* |
| Silent |
| Panorama |
| Keystone Compensation |
| AE bracketing |
| AE bracketing |
| * 4 images automatically shot and combined into a single image composite |
| Scene Modes |
| Number of scene modes |
| 25 |
| Modes |
| Portrait |
| e-Portrait |
| Landscape with Portrait |
| Night Scene with portrait |
| Sports |
| Children |
| Night Scene |
| Light trails |
| Hand-held Starlight |
| Fireworks |
| Panning |
| Landscape |
| Sunset |
| Beach and Snow |
| Backlight HDR |
| Multi Focus |
| Silent mode |
| Candle |
| Macro |
| Nature Macro |
| Documents |
| Light Metering |
| Method |
| TTL open aperture light metering |
| Zones |
| 324 zones Multi‑pattern Sensing System |
| Detection range |
| ‑2 ‑ 20 EV (f2.8, ISO 100) |
| Modes |
| ESP light metering |
| Spot metering |
| Centre weighted metering |
| Highlight |
| Shadow |
| Art Filter |
| Modes |
| Pop Art |
| Soft Focus |
| Pale & Light Colour |
| Light Tone |
| Grainy Film |
| Pin Hole |
| Diorama |
| Cross Process |
| Dramatic Tone |
| Gentle Sepia |
| Key Line |
| Water colour |
| Partial Colour* |
| Vintage |
| Bleach Bypass |
| Variation / Effect |
| Available |
| * 18 colours selectable |
| Sensitivity |
| Auto |
| ISO LOW* ‑ 6400 (customizable upper limit 200 ‑ 25600) |
| Manual |
| ISO LOW ‑ 25600 (adjustable in 1/3 EV step) |
| *approx. 100 |
| Shutter |
| Shutter type |
| Computerised focal‑plane shutter |
| Self timer |
| 2s / 12s / Custom |
| Modes |
| Single frame |
| Sequential shooting |
| Self timer |
| Shutter Speeds |
| Standard operation |
| Shutter speed range |
| 1/4000 ‑ 60s (in 1/3 EV steps) |
| Bulb mode |
| Up to 30 minutes (selectable longest time in the menu, default: 8 minutes) |
| Silent mode |
| Shutter type |
| Electronic shutter |
| Shutter speed |
| 1/16000 ‑ 30s |
| * Available as "Silent" in Scene mode and Advanced photo mode. |
| Anti-shock mode |
| Shutter type |
| Electronic first curtain shutter |
| Shutter speed |
| 1/320* ‑ 60s |
| * For speeds over 1/320 sec., mechanical shutter will automatically be selected. |
| White Balance |
| Manual White balance (One-Touch) |
| Available |
| One-touch white balance |
| 4 custom settings can be registered |
| Custom WB |
| 1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K ‑ 14000K) |
| Preset values |
| Tungsten |
| Flourescent 1 |
| Sunlight |
| Flash |
| Overcast |
| Shade |
| Auto Flash adjustment |
| Off / Auto WB / Flash |
| Keep warm colour |
| On / Off |
| Sequence Shooting |
| Speed (H) |
| Approx. 8.6fps |
| Speed (L) |
| 4.8fps |
| Max. number of frames |
| 22 frames (RAW) |
| Up to card capacity (JPG / Large Normal mode) |
| Conditions |
| Memory card: TOSHIBA SDHC UHS‑II R260 W240 EXCERIA™ PRO |
| Note: Depending on shooting conditions, the sequential shooting speed may reduce speed during shooting. |
| Image Processing |
| Art Filter bracketing |
| Available |
| Flash |
| Modes |
| AUTO |
| Manual |
| Manual (Full, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64) |
| Red-eye reduction |
| Slow synchronisation with red-eye reduction |
| Slow synchronisation |
| Slow synchronisation 2nd curtain |
| Fill-in |
| Off |
| TTL-Auto |
| Type |
| Built‑in |
| Flash compensation |
| +/‑ 3 EV / 1/3 EV steps |
| Guide number |
| 8.2 (ISO 200) |
| X-sync speed |
| 1/250s |
| External Flash Control |
| X-sync speed |
| 1/250s / 1/4000s (Super FP Mode) |
| Type |
| TTL AUTO, AUTO, MANUAL, FP TTL AUTO, FP MANUAL |
| Modes |
| Auto |
| Red-eye reduction |
| Slow synchronisation |
| 2nd curtain and slow synchronisation |
| Fill-in for exclusive flash |
| Manual |
| Note: Some functions are only available if they are supported by the external flash. |
| Monitor |
| Monitor type |
| Tiltable LCD ‑ Touch Panel |
| Monitor size |
| 7.6cm / 3.0'' (3:2) |
| Resolution |
| 1040K dots |
| Brightness adjustment |
| +/‑ 7 levels |
| Colour balance |
| +/‑ 7 levels Vivid (default) / Natural |
| Touch Control fucntions |
| AF area enlargement |
| AF area selection |
| Art Filter |
| Enlargement |
| Enlargement playback |
| Frame forward/backward |
| Live Guide |
| Scene Modes |
| Shooting mode |
| Shutter release |
| Super Control Panel |
| Wi-Fi connection |
| Level Gauge |
| Detection |
| 2‑axis |
| Display |
| Rear display and viewfinder |
| Recording Formats |
| RAW |
| 12bit |
| RAW & JPEG |
| Applied parallel recording |
| JPEG |
| Applied |
| Aspect ratio |
| 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 6:6 / 3:4 |
| Still Image Recording |
| EXIF |
| 2.3 |
| DCF |
| Applied |
| Movie Recording System |
| Recording format |
| MOV(MPEG‑4AVC/H.264) |
| Image Stabilisation Mode |
| Applied Hybrid sensor shift + digital (5‑axis) |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) / 30p, 25p, 24p / IPB (approx. 102 Mbps) |
| HD Movie quality |
| Full HD 1920 x 1080 (16:9) / 30p, 25p, 24p (MOV) |
| Full HD 1920 x 1080 (16:9) / 60p, 50p (MOV) |
| HD 1280 x 720 (16:9) / 30p, 25p, 24p (MOV) |
| Maximum Recording Time |
| 29min (MOV) |
| * Frame rate may drop when using certain art filter |
| Exposure Modes |
| Aperture priority |
| Art Filter |
| Manual |
| Programme automatic |
| Shutter priority |
| Movie Specialties |
| High-Speed Recording |
| 720P / 120fps |
| Time lapse |
| 4k, 1080p, 720p Available |
| Sound Recording System |
| Internal microphone |
| Stereo |
| Recording format |
| Stereo PCM/16bit, 48kHz, Wave Format Base |
| Image footage |
| 30s |
| Speaker |
| Equipped |
| Microphone functions |
| Wind Noise Reduction |
| Recording Volume |
| View Images |
| Modes |
| Index |
| Calendar |
| Zoom |
| Slide show |
| Movie |
| Single |
| Light box |
| Available |
| Histogram in playback mode |
| Available |
| Shooting information |
| Off / On |
| Highlight/Shadow point warning |
| Available |
| Erase / Protect / Copy Function |
| Erase modes |
| Single, All, Selected |
| Image protect mode |
| Single frame, Selected frames, All Frames, Release protect (Single/All selected) |
| Menu |
| Menu languages in camera |
| English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian |
| Customisation Options |
| Fn Button |
| Equipped |
| Factory reset |
| Full / Basic |
| Programmable button |
| Equipped |
| Interface |
| Hot shoe |
| Equipped |
| Media |
| SD Memory Card (SDHC, SDXC, UHS‑I, UHS‑II compatible) |
| HDMI™ |
| Applied Micro connector (Type D) * |
| USB 2.0 High Speed |
| Applied |
| * "HDMI", the HDMI logo and "High‑Definition Multimedia Interface" are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC. |
| Wireless connectivity |
| Wi-Fi |
| Wi-Fi Functions |
| Easy Connection |
| QR code setting |
| Wireless Shooting |
| Live View |
| Power off |
| Rec View |
| Self timer |
| Touch AF & Shutter |
| P/A/S/M exposure modes |
| Bulb mode |
| Live Composite |
| Zoom |
| Aperture priority |
| Power Supply |
| Battery |
| BLS‑50 Lithium‑Ion Battery (included) |
| Sleep mode |
| 1, 3, 5, 10 min. and off selectable. |
| Live View shooting |
| Approx. 330images (50% with Live View) (using BLS‑50 and TOSHIBA SD with IS ON, based on CIPA testing standards) |
| Movie recording |
| 80min (standard JEITA conditions) 140min (When repeatedly recording at the maximum time of 29 minutes, using M.Zuiko Digital ED 14‑42mm F3.5‑5.6 EZ, 4K video shooting) |
| Environment |
| Temperature |
| 0 ‑ 40°C Operating temperature / ‑20 ‑ 60°C storage temperature |
| Humidity |
| 30 ‑ 90% operation humidity / 10 ‑ 90% storage humidity |
| Dimensions / Weight |
| Width |
| 121.5mm |
| Height |
| 83.6mm |
| Depth |
| 49.5mm |
| Weight |
| 410g (including battery and memory card) |
| Exterior |
| Available Colours |
| Black |
| Silver |
