Olympus E-M5 II vs Pentax K-7

Below, we will be looking at the Olympus E-M5 II vs Pentax K-7, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Advanced DSLR by companies Olympus and Pentax. The sensor resolution of the E-M5 II (16MP) and the K-7 (15MP) is relatively comparable but the E-M5 II (Four Thirds) and K-7 (APS-C) come with different sensor sizing.

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The E-M5 II was unveiled 5 years after the K-7 which is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M5 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax K-7 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving through a complete comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-M5 II matches up versus the K-7 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

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For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-M5 II features outer dimensions of 124mm x 85mm x 45mm (4.9" x 3.3" x 1.8") and a weight of 469 grams (1.03 lbs) while the Pentax K-7 has dimensions of 131mm x 97mm x 73mm (5.2" x 3.8" x 2.9") with a weight of 750 grams (1.65 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the E-M5 II vs the K-7.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-M5 II and K-7 is 80 and 60 respectively.

Often, it's difficult to visualize the gap in sensor dimensions only by checking out specs. The image underneath should provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-M5 II and K-7.

All in all, both of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-M5 II with its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field harder and the Olympus E-M5 II will show more detail having an extra 1 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The fresher E-M5 II provides a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.