Olympus E-M5 III vs Olympus TG-5

Let's look closer at the Olympus E-M5 III versus Olympus TG-5, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Waterproof and both of them are manufactured by Olympus. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the E-M5 III (20MP) and TG-5 (12MP) and the E-M5 III (Four Thirds) and TG-5 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor size.

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The E-M5 III was announced 2 years after the TG-5 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M5 III being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Olympus TG-5 being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a in depth comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the E-M5 III scores vs the TG-5 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus OM-D E-M5 III & Olympus Tough TG-5. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus E-M5 III Gallery & Olympus TG-5 Gallery.

For those who are intending to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-M5 III enjoys outer dimensions of 125mm x 85mm x 50mm (4.9" x 3.3" x 2.0") with a weight of 414 grams (0.91 lbs) while the Olympus TG-5 has measurements of 113mm x 66mm x 32mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.3") with a weight of 250 grams (0.55 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are employing during that time. Below is the front view overall size comparison of the E-M5 III vs the TG-5.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-M5 III and TG-5 is 80 and 90 respectively.

More often than not, it is difficult to envision the difference in sensor dimensions merely by looking through specifications. The image below may give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-M5 III and TG-5.

Plainly, the two cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-M5 III using its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-M5 III will render greater detail with its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The younger E-M5 III is going to have a benefit with regard to sensor technology.