Olympus E-P5 vs Panasonic LX100

Its time to take a deeper look at the Olympus E-P5 and Panasonic LX100, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the E-P5 (16MP) and LX100 (13MP) but both cameras posses the identical sensor size (Four Thirds).

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The E-P5 was manufactured 11 months prior to the LX100 so they are both of a similar age. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-P5 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a quick introduction of how the E-P5 scores against the LX100 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-P5 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-P5 Gallery & Panasonic LX100 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus E-P5 comes with external measurements of 122mm x 69mm x 37mm (4.8" x 2.7" x 1.5") with a weight of 420 grams (0.93 lbs) and the Panasonic LX100 has sizing of 115mm x 66mm x 55mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 2.2") having a weight of 393 grams (0.87 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at the time. The following is a front view dimension comparison of the E-P5 against the LX100.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-P5 and LX100 is 85 and 83 respectively.

Normally, it is difficult to picture the gap between sensor measurements merely by reading through a spec sheet. The visual here may give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-P5 and LX100.

As you can see, the 2 cameras come with the identical sensor size but different MP. You can anticipate the Olympus E-P5 to give you greater detail due to its extra 3MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The older E-P5 is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.