Olympus E-M5 III vs Sony WX30

Lets look a little more closely at the Olympus E-M5 III and Sony WX30, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-M5 III (20MP) and WX30 (16MP) and the E-M5 III (Four Thirds) and WX30 (1/2.3") offer different sensor size.

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The E-M5 III was brought out 8 years later than the WX30 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-M5 III being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX30 being a Compact camera.

Before going into a thorough comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-M5 III grades vs the WX30 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus OM-D E-M5 III & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX30. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-M5 III Gallery & Sony WX30 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you will want to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-M5 III has outside dimensions of 125mm x 85mm x 50mm (4.9" x 3.3" x 2.0") along with a weight of 414 grams (0.91 lbs) and the Sony WX30 has measurements of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") and a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are working with at that moment. Here is a front view size comparison of the E-M5 III against the WX30.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-M5 III and WX30 is 80 and 96 respectively.

Normally, it can be difficult to picture the difference between sensor measurements only by reading through specs. The graphic below will provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-M5 III and WX30.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-M5 III featuring a larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field simpler and the Olympus E-M5 III will give extra detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics way more aggressively. The younger E-M5 III provides an edge in sensor technology.