Olympus PEN-F vs Panasonic ZS60

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Olympus PEN-F versus Panasonic ZS60, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. The image resolution of the PEN-F (20MP) and the ZS60 (18MP) is relatively well matched but the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and ZS60 (1/2.3") use different sensor dimensions.

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The PEN-F was launched very close to the ZS60 which means that they are of a similar age. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic ZS60 being a Compact camera.

Before diving in to a detailed comparison, below is a simple introduction of how the PEN-F grades versus the ZS60 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus PEN-F & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus PEN-F Gallery & Panasonic ZS60 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry around your camera, you'll have to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus PEN-F enjoys external dimensions of 125mm x 72mm x 37mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 427 grams (0.94 lbs) whilst the Panasonic ZS60 has sizing of 112mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") with a weight of 282 grams (0.62 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at that moment. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the PEN-F compared to the ZS60.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the PEN-F and ZS60 is 84 and 88 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to imagine the gap between sensor sizes simply by checking a spec sheet. The pic here may provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the PEN-F and ZS60.

As you can see, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The PEN-F because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Olympus PEN-F will give you greater detail utilizing its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop shots somewhat more aggressively.