Olympus SH-50 vs Pentax K-500

Let's look more closely at the Olympus SH-50 and Pentax K-500, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by brands Olympus and Pentax. The image resolution of the SH-50 (16MP) and the K-500 (16MP) is fairly close but the SH-50 (1/2.3") and K-500 (APS-C) enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The SH-50 was brought out 10 months before the K-500 which means that they are of a similar age. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus SH-50 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-500 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before delving through a detailed comparison, below is a simple introduction of how the SH-50 grades vs the K-500 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus SH-50 & Pentax K-500. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus SH-50 Gallery & Pentax K-500 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to carry around your camera often, you are going to need to take into account its weight and size. The Olympus SH-50 offers outside dimensions of 112mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.7") having a weight of 269 grams (0.59 lbs) and the Pentax K-500 has specifications of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 646 grams (1.42 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus SH-50 and Pentax K-500 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is the front view size comparison of the SH-50 vs the K-500.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SH-50 and K-500 is 88 and 64 respectively.

Typically, its hard to picture the gap in sensor sizes merely by researching a spec sheet. The image underneath will help give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the SH-50 and K-500.

As you can see, each of these cameras posses the exact same megapixels but different sensor sizes. The SH-50 includes the smaller sensor which should make getting bokeh trickier. The more aged SH-50 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.