Olympus E-P5 vs Pentax H90

Let's look much closer at the Olympus E-P5 vs Pentax H90, one being a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Pentax. There is a crucial difference among the resolutions of the E-P5 (16MP) and H90 (12MP) and the E-P5 (Four Thirds) and H90 (1/2.3") use different sensor measurements.

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The E-P5 was announced 3 years later than the H90 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-P5 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax H90 being a Compact camera.

Before we go straight into a detailed comparison, below is a concise highlight of how the E-P5 grades versus the H90 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN E-P5 and Pentax Optio H90. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus E-P5 Gallery and Pentax H90 Gallery.

For those who are intending to carry your camera frequently, you should factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-P5 features outer measurements of 122mm x 69mm x 37mm (4.8" x 2.7" x 1.5") and a weight of 420 grams (0.93 lbs) and the Pentax H90 has dimensions of 101mm x 65mm x 28mm (4.0" x 2.6" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 153 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you choose at that time. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-P5 vs the H90.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the E-P5 and H90 is 85 and 93 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to visualize the gap in sensor sizing only by going through technical specs. The visual below might give you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-P5 and H90.

As you can tell, both of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-P5 with its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus E-P5 will produce more detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The newer E-P5 provides an advantage with regard to sensor innovation.