Olympus E-PL6 vs Olympus SH-50

Following is a extensive overview of the Olympus E-PL6 versus Olympus SH-50, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are built by Olympus. The resolution of the E-PL6 (16MP) and the SH-50 (16MP) is pretty close but the E-PL6 (Four Thirds) and SH-50 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor size.

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The E-PL6 was unveiled 19 months after the SH-50 which makes the cameras a generation away from one another. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-PL6 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Olympus SH-50 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a short introduction of how the E-PL6 scores vs the SH-50 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN E-PL6 & Olympus SH-50. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-PL6 Gallery & Olympus SH-50 Gallery.

If you're intending to carry around your camera often, you'll need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL6 provides outer measurements of 111mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") having a weight of 325 grams (0.72 lbs) while the Olympus SH-50 has dimensions of 112mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.7") and a weight of 269 grams (0.59 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are working with during that time. Following is the front view scale comparison of the E-PL6 against the SH-50.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-PL6 and SH-50 is 88 and 88 respectively.

More often than not, it is very hard to visualize the contrast in sensor sizes purely by researching a spec sheet. The image below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL6 and SH-50.

As you can see, both cameras posses the exact same megapixels albeit different sensor sizes. The E-PL6 has got the bigger sensor which should make getting shallow DOF less difficult. The fresher E-PL6 should have a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.