Olympus E-PL8 vs Sony FX30

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus E-PL8 vs Sony FX30, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the resolutions of the E-PL8 (16MP) and FX30 (26MP) and the E-PL8 (Four Thirds) and FX30 (APS-C) use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-PL8 was unveiled 7 years earlier than the FX30 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras come with the identical body type (Rangefinder-style mirrorless).

Before getting straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a simple summary of how the E-PL8 matches up against the FX30 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN E-PL8 & Sony FX30. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-PL8 Gallery & Sony FX30 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you should take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-PL8 comes with external measurements of 115mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 1.5") with a weight of 357 grams (0.79 lbs) while the Sony FX30 has dimensions of 130mm x 78mm x 85mm (5.1" x 3.1" x 3.3") accompanied by a weight of 646 grams (1.42 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at that time. Here is the front view size comparison of the E-PL8 and the FX30.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-PL8 and FX30 is 86 and 64 respectively.

More often than not, it's hard to envision the difference in sensor measurements merely by going through specs. The photograph here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL8 and FX30.

All in all, each of these cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-PL8 having a smaller sensor will make shooting shallow DOF harder and the Sony FX30 will show greater detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop photos much more aggressively. The older E-PL8 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.