Olympus PEN-F vs Sony H90

Let's look more closely at the Olympus PEN-F versus Sony H90, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the PEN-F (20MP) and H90 (16MP) and the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and H90 (1/2.3") have totally different sensor sizes.

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The PEN-F was manufactured 3 years after the H90 which is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony H90 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a simple summation of how the PEN-F matches up versus the H90 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN-F & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H90. The entire galleries are available at Olympus PEN-F Gallery & Sony H90 Gallery.

For anyone who is aiming to travel with your camera often, you need to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus PEN-F provides outside dimensions of 125mm x 72mm x 37mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.5") with a weight of 427 grams (0.94 lbs) whilst the Sony H90 has sizing of 105mm x 60mm x 34mm (4.1" x 2.4" x 1.3") having a weight of 222 grams (0.49 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are employing at that moment. The following is a front view over all size comparison of the PEN-F compared to the H90.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the PEN-F and H90 is 84 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualise the gap between sensor dimensions just by reviewing specs. The image here will give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the PEN-F and H90.

All in all, both the cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The PEN-F because of its bigger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus PEN-F will offer you greater detail due to its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop shots way more aggressively. The more modern PEN-F will have an advantage in sensor tech.