Olympus E-PL1s vs Panasonic LX10

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-PL1s and Panasonic LX10, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Panasonic. There is a sizable difference between the resolutions of the E-PL1s (12MP) and LX10 (20MP) and the E-PL1s (Four Thirds) and LX10 (1") have different sensor size.

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The E-PL1s was launched 6 years earlier than the LX10 which is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-PL1s being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LX10 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving into a in depth comparison, here is a concise highlight of how the E-PL1s grades vs the LX10 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN E-PL1s & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-PL1s Gallery & Panasonic LX10 Gallery.

For those who are intending to travel with your camera often, you will have to take into account its weight and volume. The Olympus E-PL1s provides outside dimensions of 115mm x 72mm x 42mm (4.5" x 2.8" x 1.7") with a weight of 334 grams (0.74 lbs) and the Panasonic LX10 has sizing of 106mm x 60mm x 42mm (4.2" x 2.4" x 1.7") accompanied by a weight of 310 grams (0.68 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is a front view proportions comparison of the E-PL1s vs the LX10.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the E-PL1s and LX10 is 86 and 88 respectively.

Usually, it is very difficult to imagine the gap between sensor dimensions only by reading through specs. The image underneath will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-PL1s and LX10.

All in all, both of those cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL1s due to its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Panasonic LX10 will resolve greater detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures more aggressively. The more aged E-PL1s is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.