Olympus E-PL7 vs Sony W610

Below is a thorough review of the Olympus E-PL7 versus Sony W610, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Sony. The image resolution of the E-PL7 (16MP) and the W610 (14MP) is pretty close but the E-PL7 (Four Thirds) and W610 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-PL7 was brought out 2 years later than the W610 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-PL7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W610 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight into a thorough comparison, below is a quick overview of how the E-PL7 matches up versus the W610 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN E-PL7 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-PL7 Gallery & Sony W610 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera, you will need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL7 offers outside measurements of 115mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 1.5") having a weight of 357 grams (0.79 lbs) and the Sony W610 has dimensions of 93mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs).

Compare the Olympus E-PL7 versus Sony W610 in our newest Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have at that moment. Here is the front view over all size comparison of the E-PL7 vs the W610.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-PL7 and W610 is 86 and 97 respectively.

Usually, it's tough to visualise the gap in sensor measurements just by researching a spec sheet. The visual below will give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the E-PL7 and W610.

Clearly, each of the cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-PL7 featuring a bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-PL7 will provide you with more detail having its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The newer E-PL7 is going to have a benefit when it comes to sensor technology.