Olympus E-PL6 vs Panasonic LX5

Lets take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-PL6 and Panasonic LX5, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There is a large difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-PL6 (16MP) and LX5 (10MP) and the E-PL6 (Four Thirds) and LX5 (1/1.63") offer different sensor sizing.

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The E-PL6 was manufactured 2 years after the LX5 which is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-PL6 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LX5 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a in depth comparison, here is a brief summation of how the E-PL6 grades vs the LX5 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL6 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-PL6 Gallery & Panasonic LX5 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to travel with your camera, you are going to need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL6 has got outside measurements of 111mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") along with a weight of 325 grams (0.72 lbs) and the Panasonic LX5 has dimensions of 110mm x 65mm x 43mm (4.3" x 2.6" x 1.7") having a weight of 271 grams (0.60 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are working with at that moment. Below is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-PL6 vs the LX5.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability rating of the E-PL6 and LX5 is 88 and 88 respectively.

Often, its difficult to picture the gap between sensor dimensions only by going over specifications. The picture underneath will help offer you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL6 and LX5.

To sum up, both of these cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL6 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Olympus E-PL6 will offer you greater detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop photos more aggressively. The more recent E-PL6 should have an edge with regard to sensor innovation.