Olympus E-P5 vs Panasonic ZS10

Below is a extensive review of the Olympus E-P5 vs Panasonic ZS10, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Panasonic. The sensor resolution of the E-P5 (16MP) and the ZS10 (14MP) is relatively well matched but the E-P5 (Four Thirds) and ZS10 (1/2.3") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The E-P5 was released 2 years later than the ZS10 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-P5 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic ZS10 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a complete comparison, below is a quick summary of how the E-P5 matches up vs the ZS10 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

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When you are going to lug around your camera, you have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-P5 has physical dimensions of 122mm x 69mm x 37mm (4.8" x 2.7" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 420 grams (0.93 lbs) and the Panasonic ZS10 has sizing of 105mm x 58mm x 33mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.3") along with a weight of 219 grams (0.48 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at the time. Below is the front view size comparison of the E-P5 compared to the ZS10.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-P5 and ZS10 is 85 and 91 respectively.

Normally, its hard to picture the difference between sensor measurements simply by checking specs. The visual below should offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-P5 and ZS10.

All in all, both the cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-P5 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-P5 will give you greater detail as a result of its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop pictures much more aggressively. The newer E-P5 should have an advantage with regard to sensor innovation.