Olympus E-PL8 vs Sony W560

Below is a thorough assessment of the Olympus E-PL8 vs Sony W560, one being a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. The image resolution of the E-PL8 (16MP) and the W560 (14MP) is very similar but the E-PL8 (Four Thirds) and W560 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-PL8 was manufactured 5 years later than the W560 and that is quite a sizable gap 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 W560 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go straight into a thorough comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-PL8 grades versus the W560 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus PEN E-PL8 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-PL8 Gallery and Sony W560 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera regularly, you have to think about its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-PL8 has got physical dimensions of 115mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 1.5") along with a weight of 357 grams (0.79 lbs) and the Sony W560 has proportions of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") along with a weight of 110 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you use at that moment. The following is the front view proportions comparison of the E-PL8 against the W560.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-PL8 and W560 is 86 and 96 respectively.

Normally, it is very tough to envision the difference between sensor measurements merely by reading technical specs. The graphic underneath will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the E-PL8 and W560.

As you have seen, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-PL8 featuring a larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Olympus E-PL8 will deliver more detail due to its extra 2MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more modern E-PL8 is going to have a benefit when it comes to sensor tech.