Olympus E-PL1s vs Pentax K-5 IIs

The following is a extensive overview of the Olympus E-PL1s vs Pentax K-5 IIs, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Advanced DSLR by manufacturers Olympus and Pentax. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the E-PL1s (12MP) and K-5 IIs (16MP) and the E-PL1s (Four Thirds) and K-5 IIs (APS-C) offer different sensor sizes.

Photography Glossary

The E-PL1s was introduced 3 years prior to the K-5 IIs which is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-PL1s being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax K-5 IIs being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going right into a more detailed comparison, here is a short view of how the E-PL1s scores versus the K-5 IIs with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL1s & Pentax K-5 IIs. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-PL1s Gallery & Pentax K-5 IIs Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera often, you need 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") having a weight of 334 grams (0.74 lbs) while the Pentax K-5 IIs has sizing of 131mm x 97mm x 73mm (5.2" x 3.8" x 2.9") accompanied by a weight of 760 grams (1.68 lbs).

See the Olympus E-PL1s vs Pentax K-5 IIs in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have at that time. Following is a front view scale comparison of the E-PL1s and the K-5 IIs.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-PL1s and K-5 IIs is 86 and 60 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to picture the contrast in sensor dimensions merely by going through specifications. The image underneath will help provide you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-PL1s and K-5 IIs.

Plainly, each of the cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL1s using its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field tougher and the Pentax K-5 IIs will provide extra detail using its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The more aged E-PL1s will be behind when it comes to sensor tech.