Olympus E-M10 III vs Panasonic ZS50

Let's examine more closely at the Olympus E-M10 III versus Panasonic ZS50, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the E-M10 III (16MP) and ZS50 (12MP) and the E-M10 III (Four Thirds) and ZS50 (1/2.3") feature different sensor size.

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The E-M10 III was revealed 2 years after the ZS50 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M10 III being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic ZS50 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief overview of how the E-M10 III matches up vs the ZS50 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS50. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-M10 III Gallery & Panasonic ZS50 Gallery.

For those who are planning to travel with your camera regularly, you will want to take into account its weight and volume. The Olympus E-M10 III comes with external dimensions of 122mm x 84mm x 50mm (4.8" x 3.3" x 2.0") with a weight of 410 grams (0.90 lbs) while the Panasonic ZS50 has sizing of 111mm x 65mm x 34mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.3") along with a weight of 243 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have attached at that time. The following is the front view over all size comparison of the E-M10 III and the ZS50.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-M10 III and ZS50 is 80 and 90 respectively.

Typically, it can be tough to picture the contrast between sensor dimensions purely by going over specs. The pic here will provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-M10 III and ZS50.

All in all, both of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-M10 III using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-M10 III will offer extra detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The younger E-M10 III should have an advantage with regard to sensor tech.