Olympus E-M1X vs Sony RX1

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-M1X and Sony RX1, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the other is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. The resolution of the E-M1X (20MP) and the RX1 (24MP) is fairly similar but the E-M1X (Four Thirds) and RX1 (Full frame) posses different sensor dimensions.

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The E-M1X was brought out 6 years later than the RX1 and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-M1X being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX1 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before we go into a complete comparison, here is a short view of how the E-M1X matches up against the RX1 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus OM-D E-M1X & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-M1X Gallery & Sony RX1 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-M1X offers outside dimensions of 144mm x 147mm x 75mm (5.7" x 5.8" x 3.0") accompanied by a weight of 997 grams (2.20 lbs) whilst the Sony RX1 has dimensions of 113mm x 65mm x 70mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 2.8") and a weight of 482 grams (1.06 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are using at the time. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the E-M1X against the RX1.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the E-M1X and RX1 is 54 and 79 respectively.

Usually, it is very tough to imagine the contrast between sensor measurements only by reviewing specs. The visual here may provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-M1X and RX1.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-M1X featuring a tinier sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more challenging and the Sony RX1 will offer greater detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos a good deal more aggressively. The more recent E-M1X provides an advantage with regard to sensor tech.