Olympus E-520 vs Panasonic ZS70

Below is a extensive comparison of the Olympus E-520 vs Panasonic ZS70, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-520 (10MP) and ZS70 (20MP) and the E-520 (Four Thirds) and ZS70 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The E-520 was manufactured 9 years before the ZS70 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-520 being a Compact SLR camera and the Panasonic ZS70 being a Compact camera.

Before delving through a thorough comparison, below is a short summary of how the E-520 matches up vs the ZS70 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-520 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS70. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-520 Gallery & Panasonic ZS70 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-520 provides outer dimensions of 136mm x 92mm x 68mm (5.4" x 3.6" x 2.7") having a weight of 552 grams (1.22 lbs) while the Panasonic ZS70 has dimensions of 112mm x 67mm x 41mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.6") having a weight of 322 grams (0.71 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Underneath is the front view measurement comparison of the E-520 and the ZS70.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-520 and ZS70 is 68 and 87 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to visualize the gap between sensor measurements merely by looking at specs. The photograph here should give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-520 and ZS70.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-520 because of its bigger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh less difficult and the Panasonic ZS70 will resolve greater detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-520 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.