Olympus PEN-F vs Sony H70

On this page, we are comparing the Olympus PEN-F vs Sony H70, one being a Advanced Mirrorless and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a big difference between the sensor resolutions of the PEN-F (20MP) and H70 (16MP) and the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and H70 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizing.

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The PEN-F was unveiled 5 years later than the H70 and that is quite a big gap as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony H70 being a Compact camera.

Before we go into a comprehensive comparison, here is a brief highlight of how the PEN-F matches up vs the H70 for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN-F and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus PEN-F Gallery and Sony H70 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to carry your camera, you should think about its weight and volume. The Olympus PEN-F comes with physical dimensions of 125mm x 72mm x 37mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.5") and a weight of 427 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Sony H70 has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") having a weight of 194 grams (0.43 lbs).

Compare the Olympus PEN-F vs Sony H70 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you choose at the time. Following is a front view dimension comparison of the PEN-F versus the H70.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the PEN-F and H70 is 84 and 93 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to visualize the difference between sensor sizing just by reading through specs. The visual below will help provide you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the PEN-F and H70.

All in all, both of the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The PEN-F using its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus PEN-F will give extra detail having an extra 4MP. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images a bit more aggressively. The younger PEN-F provides an edge in sensor tech.