Olympus E-PL6 vs Panasonic FX48

Lets look more closely at the Olympus E-PL6 vs Panasonic FX48, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Panasonic. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-PL6 (16MP) and FX48 (12MP) and the E-PL6 (Four Thirds) and FX48 (1/2.3") boast different sensor size.

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The E-PL6 was manufactured 5 years later than the FX48 and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-PL6 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic FX48 being a Compact camera.

Before diving right into a detailed comparison, here is a short highlight of how the E-PL6 matches up versus the FX48 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus PEN E-PL6 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX48. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-PL6 Gallery & Panasonic FX48 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you should consider its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL6 has got external dimensions of 111mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") and a weight of 325 grams (0.72 lbs) while the Panasonic FX48 has dimensions of 95mm x 53mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.9") and a weight of 150 grams (0.33 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have chosen at the time. Following is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-PL6 vs the FX48.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the E-PL6 and FX48 is 88 and 95 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to imagine the difference between sensor measurements just by reviewing technical specs. The visual below might provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-PL6 and FX48.

As you can tell, the two cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-PL6 featuring a larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-PL6 will offer you greater detail due to its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos way more aggressively. The more recent E-PL6 provides an edge with regard to sensor technology.