Olympus E-M10 II vs Sony G3

Following is a extended overview of the Olympus E-M10 II versus Sony G3, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-M10 II (16MP) and G3 (10MP) and the E-M10 II (Four Thirds) and G3 (1/2.3") provide totally different sensor size.

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The E-M10 II was manufactured 6 years after the G3 which is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-M10 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony G3 being a Compact camera.

Before delving into a thorough comparison, here is a short highlight of how the E-M10 II scores against the G3 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus OM-D E-M10 II & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-M10 II Gallery & Sony G3 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-M10 II has outer dimensions of 120mm x 83mm x 47mm (4.7" x 3.3" x 1.9") accompanied by a weight of 390 grams (0.86 lbs) whilst the Sony G3 has dimensions of 97mm x 59mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.9") along with a weight of 185 grams (0.41 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are utilizing during that time. Following is a front view over all size comparison of the E-M10 II compared to the G3.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the E-M10 II and G3 is 82 and 94 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to visualise the gap between sensor sizes purely by looking at specifications. The image underneath may provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-M10 II and G3.

To sum up, each of the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The E-M10 II due to its bigger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field easier and the Olympus E-M10 II will resolve extra detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also let you crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The newer E-M10 II will have an edge when it comes to sensor tech.