Olympus E-M10 vs Sony S930

Lets look a little more closely at the Olympus E-M10 vs Sony S930, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the image resolutions of the E-M10 (16MP) and S930 (10MP) and the E-M10 (Four Thirds) and S930 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The E-M10 was launched 5 years later than the S930 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M10 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony S930 being a Compact camera.

Before diving in to a detailed comparison, below is a concise summation of how the E-M10 grades vs the S930 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus OM-D E-M10 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S930. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-M10 Gallery & Sony S930 Gallery.

If you're aiming to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-M10 provides external measurements of 119mm x 82mm x 46mm (4.7" x 3.2" x 1.8") accompanied by a weight of 396 grams (0.87 lbs) and the Sony S930 has dimensions of 90mm x 61mm x 26mm (3.5" x 2.4" x 1.0") with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are using at the time. Below is the front view size comparison of the E-M10 against the S930.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the E-M10 and S930 is 82 and 94 respectively.

Oftentimes, it's hard to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements only by reviewing specs. The graphic below will help offer you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the E-M10 and S930.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-M10 due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-M10 will offer you greater detail utilizing its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The fresher E-M10 provides an advantage in sensor technology.