Olympus E-PL1s vs Sony RX10

Below is a comprehensive review of the Olympus E-PL1s vs Sony RX10, one being a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a big difference among the resolutions of the E-PL1s (12MP) and RX10 (20MP) and the E-PL1s (Four Thirds) and RX10 (1") provide different sensor dimensions.

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The E-PL1s was brought out 4 years prior to the RX10 and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-PL1s being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX10 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before we go right into a complete comparison, here is a quick summary of how the E-PL1s matches up vs the RX10 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL1s and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-PL1s Gallery and Sony RX10 Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera, you have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL1s comes with outside measurements of 115mm x 72mm x 42mm (4.5" x 2.8" x 1.7") and a weight of 334 grams (0.74 lbs) whilst the Sony RX10 has dimensions of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") along with a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have at that time. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the E-PL1s vs the RX10.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability rating of the E-PL1s and RX10 is 86 and 58 respectively.

Usually, it's difficult to picture the gap in sensor measurements simply by researching specs. The visual here may give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the E-PL1s and RX10.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-PL1s featuring a larger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh less difficult and the Sony RX10 will result in greater detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop images a bit more aggressively. The older E-PL1s will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.