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OK,the discrepancy I found was this: In the test the D-300 was mated with the AF-S DX 17-55 2.8 (The Lens valued at £849 as per Warehouse Express in the same Mag).The Sony A-700 was mated with the 16-80 3.5-4.5 Zeiss lens valued at £499(same value as per Warehouse Express) and the E-3 was mated with the 14-45 3.5-5.6 (valued at £164).To put all on an equal footing, surely the E-3 should have had the SW 12-60mm Optic fitted for the test(£599.99) and (TIPA Expert Lens of the year 2008). The fact that the E-3 was mated with the basic kit Lens of the E series (14-45 3.5-5.6), seriously handicapped the Camera in it's ability to show what it could do with a serious optic on it's front. I'm not saying that the 14-45 is a bad lens, it's not, but If one is going to conduct a fair examination of 3 Camera's, there should be a fair playing field.

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At the risk of sounding "disgruntled"( ), seems like a sound observation to me. The 14-45 has been discontinued for quite some time (replaced with the 14-42) and as you point out, this is not a like for like (or even closely equivalent) comparison.