Olympus E-600 vs Panasonic ZS100

Below, we will be reviewing the Olympus E-600 vs Panasonic ZS100, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and ZS100 (20MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and ZS100 (1") feature totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-600 was launched 7 years prior to the ZS100 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Panasonic ZS100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-600 grades vs the ZS100 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-600 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-600 Gallery & Panasonic ZS100 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera often, you should think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-600 provides outer dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") having a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) while the Panasonic ZS100 has measurements of 111mm x 65mm x 44mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") along with a weight of 312 grams (0.69 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at that time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the E-600 and the ZS100.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-600 and ZS100 is 71 and 87 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to visualise the difference between sensor measurements simply by checking specifications. The visual below will provide you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the E-600 and ZS100.

To sum up, both of those cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-600 because of its bigger sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Panasonic ZS100 will give you more detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop shots much more aggressively. The older E-600 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.