Olympus E-PL5 vs Panasonic LS5

Following is a thorough overview of the Olympus E-PL5 and Panasonic LS5, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. The resolution of the E-PL5 (16MP) and the LS5 (14MP) is fairly close but the E-PL5 (Four Thirds) and LS5 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor size.

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The E-PL5 was launched 15 months after the LS5 making the cameras a generation away from one another. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-PL5 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LS5 being a Compact camera.

Before diving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a simple highlight of how the E-PL5 scores vs the LS5 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL5 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS5. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-PL5 Gallery & Panasonic LS5 Gallery.

If you're looking to carry around your camera, you should factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL5 provides outer dimensions of 111mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") with a weight of 325 grams (0.72 lbs) while the Panasonic LS5 has dimensions of 97mm x 62mm x 27mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.1") and a weight of 126 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you select during that time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the E-PL5 vs the LS5.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-PL5 and LS5 is 88 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, it can be difficult to visualise the gap in sensor sizes simply by viewing a spec sheet. The pic underneath will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-PL5 and LS5.

Clearly, the two cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The E-PL5 because of its larger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus E-PL5 will render more detail utilizing its extra 2MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The more modern E-PL5 is going to have a benefit with regard to sensor technology.