Olympus E-P1 vs Sony QX30

The following is a detailed analysis of the Olympus E-P1 and Sony QX30, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the image resolutions of the E-P1 (12MP) and QX30 (20MP) and the E-P1 (Four Thirds) and QX30 (1/2.3") come with different sensor measurements.

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The E-P1 was announced 6 years earlier than the QX30 which is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-P1 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony QX30 being a Lens-style camera.

Before going in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick overview of how the E-P1 matches up versus the QX30 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-P1 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX30. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus E-P1 Gallery & Sony QX30 Gallery.

If you are looking to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to think about its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-P1 offers exterior measurements of 121mm x 70mm x 36mm (4.8" x 2.8" x 1.4") with a weight of 355 grams (0.78 lbs) while the Sony QX30 has proportions of 68mm x 65mm x 58mm (2.7" x 2.6" x 2.3") having a weight of 193 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are using at that moment. Here is the front view scale comparison of the E-P1 against the QX30.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the E-P1 and QX30 is 86 and 91 respectively.

Often, its difficult to imagine the gap between sensor dimensions merely by reading through specs. The pic underneath might give you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the E-P1 and QX30.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The E-P1 having a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF easier and the Sony QX30 will give more detail with its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images a little more aggressively. The more aged E-P1 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.