Olympus E-PL1s vs Sony WX30

Its time to look more closely at the Olympus E-PL1s and Sony WX30, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-PL1s (12MP) and WX30 (16MP) and the E-PL1s (Four Thirds) and WX30 (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizes.

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The E-PL1s was revealed 8 months earlier than the WX30 and they are of a similar age. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-PL1s being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX30 being a Compact camera.

Before we go right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a simple synopsis of how the E-PL1s scores vs the WX30 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL1s & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX30. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-PL1s Gallery & Sony WX30 Gallery.

If you are going to travel with your camera often, you have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL1s features external measurements 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 Sony WX30 has dimensions of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") with a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing at the time. The following is a front view measurement comparison of the E-PL1s versus the WX30.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the E-PL1s and WX30 is 86 and 96 respectively.

Often, it can be hard to imagine the difference between sensor dimensions merely by looking at specifications. The pic underneath will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL1s and WX30.

Plainly, each of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL1s using its larger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony WX30 will resolve more detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics a good deal more aggressively. The more aged E-PL1s is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.