Olympus E-M5 II vs Sony QX100

The following is a detailed overview of the Olympus E-M5 II vs Sony QX100, one is a Advanced Mirrorless and the latter is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. The resolution of the E-M5 II (16MP) and the QX100 (20MP) is relatively close but the E-M5 II (Four Thirds) and QX100 (1") come with different sensor measurements.

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The E-M5 II was announced 18 months after the QX100 which makes the cameras a generation away from one another. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M5 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before getting straight into a comprehensive comparison, below is a quick overview of how the E-M5 II matches up versus the QX100 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus OM-D E-M5 II and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus E-M5 II Gallery and Sony QX100 Gallery.

In case you're looking to travel with your camera often, you will need to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-M5 II has outer dimensions of 124mm x 85mm x 45mm (4.9" x 3.3" x 1.8") with a weight of 469 grams (1.03 lbs) and the Sony QX100 has measurements of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") along with a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is the front view over all size comparison of the E-M5 II compared to the QX100.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-M5 II and QX100 is 80 and 92 respectively.

Sometimes, it's difficult to imagine the gap in sensor dimensions purely by looking through a spec sheet. The picture below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-M5 II and QX100.

As you can see, both cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-M5 II using its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field easier and the Sony QX100 will render greater detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop pictures much more aggressively. The more modern E-M5 II provides a benefit with regard to sensor tech.