Olympus PEN-F vs Panasonic FH27

Its time to look closer at the Olympus PEN-F and Panasonic FH27, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a sizable gap among the sensor resolutions of the PEN-F (20MP) and FH27 (16MP) and the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and FH27 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor dimensions.

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The PEN-F was revealed 5 years later than the FH27 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic FH27 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight into a detailed comparison, below is a short overview of how the PEN-F matches up against the FH27 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus PEN-F & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH27. The full galleries are available at Olympus PEN-F Gallery & Panasonic FH27 Gallery.

If you are aiming to carry your camera frequently, you need to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus PEN-F comes with outside measurements of 125mm x 72mm x 37mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.5") along with a weight of 427 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Panasonic FH27 has sizing of 99mm x 57mm x 28mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.1") along with a weight of 152 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. The following is the front view over all size comparison of the PEN-F vs the FH27.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the PEN-F and FH27 is 84 and 94 respectively.

More often than not, it is very tough to visualise the gap in sensor sizing purely by viewing a spec sheet. The visual below will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the PEN-F and FH27.

Clearly, both the cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The PEN-F with its larger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus PEN-F will result in greater detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop pics far more aggressively. The newer PEN-F is going to have an advantage in sensor innovation.