Olympus E-PM1 vs Sony A6300

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-PM1 versus Sony A6300, one is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap between the resolutions of the E-PM1 (12MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the E-PM1 (Four Thirds) and A6300 (APS-C) use totally different sensor size.

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The E-PM1 was brought out 5 years before the A6300 which is quite a sizable gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with the identical body type (Rangefinder-style mirrorless).

Before we go straight into a complete comparison, below is a brief overview of how the E-PM1 matches up vs the A6300 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus PEN E-PM1 and Sony Alpha a6300. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-PM1 Gallery and Sony A6300 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera, you're going to have to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-PM1 offers external measurements of 110mm x 64mm x 34mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.3") along with a weight of 265 grams (0.58 lbs) and the Sony A6300 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") with a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you have at that time. Underneath is the front view sizing comparison of the E-PM1 vs the A6300.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-PM1 and A6300 is 89 and 83 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to envision the contrast between sensor dimensions purely by looking at specs. The image below will offer you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PM1 and A6300.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-PM1 because of its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow DOF harder and the Sony A6300 will resolve greater detail having its extra 12MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop shots somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-PM1 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.