Olympus E-1 vs Olympus XZ-2 iHS

Its time to examine more closely at the Olympus E-1 and Olympus XZ-2 iHS, former being a Pro DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both sold by Olympus. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the E-1 (5MP) and XZ-2 iHS (12MP) and the E-1 (Four Thirds) and XZ-2 iHS (1/1.7") enjoy totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-1 was launched 10 years before the XZ-2 iHS and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-1 being a Large SLR camera and the Olympus XZ-2 iHS being a Compact camera.

Before going through a full comparison, below is a short introduction of how the E-1 scores vs the XZ-2 iHS with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-1 & Olympus XZ-2 iHS. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-1 Gallery & Olympus XZ-2 iHS Gallery.

When you are planning to carry your camera, you're going to have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-1 provides outside measurements of 141mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") with a weight of 735 grams (1.62 lbs) and the Olympus XZ-2 iHS has dimensions of 113mm x 65mm x 48mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.9") having a weight of 346 grams (0.76 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-1 and Olympus XZ-2 iHS in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have attached at that time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the E-1 compared to the XZ-2 iHS.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-1 and XZ-2 iHS is 59 and 85 respectively.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to envision the contrast between sensor sizing purely by looking at specifications. The photograph here will provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the E-1 and XZ-2 iHS.

To sum up, both of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-1 because of its bigger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus XZ-2 iHS will resolve more detail utilizing its extra 7 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-1 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.