Olympus E-30 vs Panasonic GX1

Below is a in depth overview of the Olympus E-30 versus Panasonic GX1, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by rivals Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-30 (12MP) and GX1 (16MP) but they use the exact same sensor measurements (Four Thirds).

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The E-30 was unveiled 3 years before the GX1 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Panasonic GX1 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving in to a in-depth comparison, below is a quick synopsis of how the E-30 matches up versus the GX1 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-30 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1. The full galleries are provided at Olympus E-30 Gallery & Panasonic GX1 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera often, you'll need to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-30 comes with outer dimensions of 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0") along with a weight of 695 grams (1.53 lbs) while the Panasonic GX1 has proportions of 116mm x 68mm x 39mm (4.6" x 2.7" x 1.5") having a weight of 318 grams (0.70 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the E-30 versus the GX1.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-30 and GX1 is 60 and 87 respectively.

More often than not, its hard to visualise the difference between sensor measurements merely by reading through technical specs. The visual here may give you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-30 and GX1.

As you have seen, both of the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements albeit not the same resolution. You can count on the Panasonic GX1 to give you extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-30 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.