Olympus E-PL3 vs Sony QX100

Let's look a little more closely at the Olympus E-PL3 versus Sony QX100, one is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the other is a Lens-style by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a huge difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-PL3 (12MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the E-PL3 (Four Thirds) and QX100 (1") enjoy totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-PL3 was released 23 months before the QX100 making the cameras a generation away from each other. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-PL3 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before we go straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a simple view of how the E-PL3 scores versus the QX100 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL3 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-PL3 Gallery and Sony QX100 Gallery.