Nikon Z5 vs Pentax Q7

Its time to look closer at the Nikon Z5 and Pentax Q7, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by manufacturers Nikon and Pentax. There exists a substantial gap between the image resolutions of the Z5 (24MP) and Q7 (12MP) and the Z5 (Full frame) and Q7 (1/1.7") enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The Z5 was launched 7 years after the Q7 which is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Nikon Z5 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax Q7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before we go through a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the Z5 scores vs the Q7 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Nikon Z5 & Pentax Q7. The complete galleries are available at Nikon Z5 Gallery & Pentax Q7 Gallery.

For those who are looking to travel with your camera frequently, you will need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Nikon Z5 offers outside dimensions of 134mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.3" x 4.0" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 675 grams (1.49 lbs) while the Pentax Q7 has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 34mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.3") with a weight of 200 grams (0.44 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are using at that moment. The following is the front view over all size comparison of the Z5 versus the Q7.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the Z5 and Q7 is 62 and 92 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to visualize the contrast between sensor dimensions just by reading a spec sheet. The image below should give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the Z5 and Q7.

As you can see, both the cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The Z5 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Nikon Z5 will offer you greater detail utilizing its extra 12 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop shots much more aggressively. The more recent Z5 should have a benefit in sensor innovation.