Olympus PEN-F vs Sony WX150

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus PEN-F versus Sony WX150, one being a Advanced Mirrorless and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Sony. The image resolution of the PEN-F (20MP) and the WX150 (18MP) is pretty well matched but the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and WX150 (1/2.3") come with different sensor measurements.

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The PEN-F was announced 3 years later than the WX150 and that is quite a big gap as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX150 being a Compact camera.

Before delving through a full comparison, below is a concise highlight of how the PEN-F scores vs the WX150 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus PEN-F and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus PEN-F Gallery and Sony WX150 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you should consider its weight and volume. The Olympus PEN-F provides outside measurements 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 Sony WX150 has sizing of 95mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 133 grams (0.29 lbs).

Check the Olympus PEN-F versus Sony WX150 in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you are working with at that time. Following is the front view dimension comparison of the PEN-F and the WX150.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the PEN-F and WX150 is 84 and 95 respectively.

Normally, it's tough to visualize the difference between sensor measurements merely by reading through technical specs. The visual here should provide you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the PEN-F and WX150.

As you can tell, each of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The PEN-F having a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Olympus PEN-F will give you greater detail with its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop shots somewhat more aggressively. The more recent PEN-F should have an edge with regard to sensor technology.