Olympus E-PL8 vs Sony A850

Let's take a deeper look at the Olympus E-PL8 and Sony A850, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-PL8 (16MP) and A850 (25MP) and the E-PL8 (Four Thirds) and A850 (Full frame) enjoy totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-PL8 was released 6 years later than the A850 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-PL8 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony A850 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving through a full comparison, below is a concise summary of how the E-PL8 grades vs the A850 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus PEN E-PL8 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A850. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-PL8 Gallery & Sony A850 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera, you should factor its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-PL8 has physical measurements of 115mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 357 grams (0.79 lbs) while the Sony A850 has proportions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") with a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use during that time. Here is the front view proportions comparison of the E-PL8 vs the A850.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-PL8 and A850 is 86 and 54 respectively.

Typically, it can be difficult to envision the gap between sensor measurements just by going over specifications. The photograph below will help offer you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL8 and A850.

To sum up, both cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-PL8 featuring a tinier sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field harder and the Sony A850 will offer you extra detail as a result of its extra 9 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The fresher E-PL8 is going to have an advantage in sensor innovation.