Olympus E-PL1s vs Sony RX100 VI

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-PL1s versus Sony RX100 VI, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap between the resolutions of the E-PL1s (12MP) and RX100 VI (20MP) and the E-PL1s (Four Thirds) and RX100 VI (1") posses different sensor sizing.

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The E-PL1s was announced 8 years before the RX100 VI and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-PL1s being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX100 VI being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going straight to a detailed comparison, here is a concise summary of how the E-PL1s matches up against the RX100 VI when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN E-PL1s & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-PL1s Gallery & Sony RX100 VI Gallery.

For those who are looking to carry your camera regularly, you'll have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-PL1s has got exterior dimensions of 115mm x 72mm x 42mm (4.5" x 2.8" x 1.7") having a weight of 334 grams (0.74 lbs) and the Sony RX100 VI has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 43mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.7") having a weight of 301 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Here is a front view scale comparison of the E-PL1s and the RX100 VI.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-PL1s and RX100 VI is 86 and 88 respectively.

Normally, it can be hard to imagine the gap between sensor sizing simply by reviewing specifications. The graphic below will give you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the E-PL1s and RX100 VI.

Plainly, both the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-PL1s using its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony RX100 VI will offer you more detail with its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The older E-PL1s is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.