Olympus E-P1 vs Sony W650

Here is a extensive overview of the Olympus E-P1 vs Sony W650, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the E-P1 (12MP) and W650 (16MP) and the E-P1 (Four Thirds) and W650 (1/2.3") boast different sensor size.

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The E-P1 was launched 3 years earlier than the W650 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-P1 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W650 being a Compact camera.

Before getting into a detailed comparison, here is a quick overview of how the E-P1 scores versus the W650 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus PEN E-P1 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-P1 Gallery & Sony W650 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to carry your camera regularly, you should consider its weight and volume. The Olympus E-P1 has got external dimensions of 121mm x 70mm x 36mm (4.8" x 2.8" x 1.4") along with a weight of 355 grams (0.78 lbs) and the Sony W650 has sizing of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you use at the time. Here is a front view overall size comparison of the E-P1 vs the W650.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-P1 and W650 is 86 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to visualize the difference in sensor sizing only by looking through a spec sheet. The photograph here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-P1 and W650.

Clearly, each of the cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The E-P1 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony W650 will result in more detail utilizing its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos way more aggressively. The older E-P1 will be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.