Olympus E-M10 II vs Sony W810

Lets take a closer look at the Olympus E-M10 II vs Sony W810, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact by brands Olympus and Sony. The image resolution of the E-M10 II (16MP) and the W810 (20MP) is fairly comparable but the E-M10 II (Four Thirds) and W810 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-M10 II was unveiled 20 months later than the W810 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M10 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W810 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving through a complete comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the E-M10 II scores vs the W810 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus OM-D E-M10 II & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-M10 II Gallery & Sony W810 Gallery.

If you're intending to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-M10 II has got external dimensions of 120mm x 83mm x 47mm (4.7" x 3.3" x 1.9") having a weight of 390 grams (0.86 lbs) whilst the Sony W810 has proportions of 97mm x 56mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") having a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you choose at the time. Here is the front view measurement comparison of the E-M10 II versus the W810.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-M10 II and W810 is 82 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, its tough to visualise the gap in sensor measurements simply by going through specs. The graphic here may provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-M10 II and W810.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-M10 II using its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony W810 will produce more detail having an extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more modern E-M10 II is going to have an advantage when it comes to sensor innovation.