Olympus E-PL7 vs Pentax K-1 II

The following is a comprehensive assessment of the Olympus E-PL7 and Pentax K-1 II, former is a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Olympus and Pentax. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the E-PL7 (16MP) and K-1 II (36MP) and the E-PL7 (Four Thirds) and K-1 II (Full frame) posses different sensor sizes.

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The E-PL7 was brought out 4 years earlier than the K-1 II which is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-PL7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax K-1 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before getting straight to a complete comparison, here is a concise summation of how the E-PL7 scores versus the K-1 II with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

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In case you're intending to travel with your camera frequently, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL7 comes with outer measurements of 115mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 1.5") with a weight of 357 grams (0.79 lbs) and the Pentax K-1 II has dimensions of 137mm x 110mm x 86mm (5.4" x 4.3" x 3.4") and a weight of 1010 grams (2.23 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you have during that time. The following is a front view dimension comparison of the E-PL7 and the K-1 II.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-PL7 and K-1 II is 86 and 55 respectively.

Sometimes, it is very difficult to picture the gap in sensor dimensions simply by viewing specs. The picture here may offer you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL7 and K-1 II.

As you can plainly see, both cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL7 because of its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field harder and the Pentax K-1 II will provide you with greater detail having its extra 20 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The more aged E-PL7 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.