Canon S110 vs Olympus E-M5 II

Here, we will be matching up the Canon S110 vs Olympus E-M5 II, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by competitors Canon and Olympus. There exists a big gap among the resolutions of the S110 (12MP) and E-M5 II (16MP) and the S110 (1/1.7") and E-M5 II (Four Thirds) offer totally different sensor measurements.

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The S110 was brought out 3 years prior to the E-M5 II and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Canon S110 being a Compact camera and the Olympus E-M5 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting straight to a complete comparison, here is a brief introduction of how the S110 matches up against the E-M5 II in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Canon PowerShot S110 and Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. The entire galleries are provided at Canon S110 Gallery and Olympus E-M5 II Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor its weight and volume. The Canon S110 has got external dimensions of 99mm x 59mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 1.1") with a weight of 198 grams (0.44 lbs) and the Olympus E-M5 II has sizing of 124mm x 85mm x 45mm (4.9" x 3.3" x 1.8") with a weight of 469 grams (1.03 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you choose at that time. The following is a front view scale comparison of the S110 against the E-M5 II.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the S110 and E-M5 II is 93 and 80 respectively.

Normally, it is hard to see the difference in sensor measurements merely by viewing technical specs. The graphic here may provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the S110 and E-M5 II.

As you can tell, each of these cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The S110 due to its smaller sensor will make getting shallower depth of field trickier and the Olympus E-M5 II will result in greater detail having its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older S110 will be behind when it comes to sensor tech.