Canon 5D MII vs Olympus SP-810 UZ

Below is a extensive analysis of the Canon 5D MII and Olympus SP-810 UZ, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Canon and Olympus. There is a large difference between the resolutions of the 5D MII (21MP) and SP-810 UZ (14MP) and the 5D MII (Full frame) and SP-810 UZ (1/2.3") posses different sensor measurements.

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The 5D MII was launched 3 years before the SP-810 UZ and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Canon 5D MII being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus SP-810 UZ being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting into a in depth comparison, here is a brief introduction of how the 5D MII grades against the SP-810 UZ for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Canon EOS 5D Mark II & Olympus SP-810 UZ. The complete galleries are available at Canon 5D MII Gallery & Olympus SP-810 UZ Gallery.

If you are intending to lug around your camera regularly, you should take into account its weight and dimensions. The Canon 5D MII offers external measurements of 152mm x 114mm x 75mm (6.0" x 4.5" x 3.0") along with a weight of 850 grams (1.87 lbs) and the Olympus SP-810 UZ has dimensions of 106mm x 76mm x 74mm (4.2" x 3.0" x 2.9") and a weight of 413 grams (0.91 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are working with at that moment. Below is a front view dimensions comparison of the 5D MII versus the SP-810 UZ.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the 5D MII and SP-810 UZ is 56 and 78 respectively.

Often, it is very tough to imagine the difference between sensor measurements merely by checking specs. The visual underneath should give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the 5D MII and SP-810 UZ.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The 5D MII because of its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Canon 5D MII will give greater detail utilizing its extra 7 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older 5D MII is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.