Olympus 7000 vs Pentax KP

The following is a extensive review of the Olympus 7000 vs Pentax KP, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Olympus and Pentax. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the 7000 (12MP) and KP (24MP) and the 7000 (1/2.3") and KP (APS-C) have different sensor measurements.

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The 7000 was announced 9 years before the KP which is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus 7000 being a Compact camera and the Pentax KP being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a brief summation of how the 7000 matches up vs the KP in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus Stylus 7000 & Pentax KP. The whole galleries are available at Olympus 7000 Gallery & Pentax KP Gallery.

In case you're planning to travel with your camera regularly, you should factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus 7000 has outside dimensions of 96mm x 56mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 172 grams (0.38 lbs) and the Pentax KP has measurements of 132mm x 101mm x 76mm (5.2" x 4.0" x 3.0") and a weight of 703 grams (1.55 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at the time. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the 7000 against the KP.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the 7000 and KP is 94 and 61 respectively.

Quite often, it's difficult to picture the difference between sensor dimensions merely by reviewing specs. The image below might provide you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the 7000 and KP.

All in all, each of these cameras have different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The 7000 having a tinier sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field trickier and the Pentax KP will offer greater detail with its extra 12MP. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The more aged 7000 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.