Panasonic S1 vs Panasonic ZS60

Following is a comprehensive comparison of the Panasonic S1 and Panasonic ZS60, former is a Pro Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are designed by Panasonic. There is a sizable difference between the image resolutions of the S1 (24MP) and ZS60 (18MP) and the S1 (Full frame) and ZS60 (1/2.3") use different sensor dimensions.

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The S1 was manufactured 3 years after the ZS60 which is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic S1 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic ZS60 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the S1 scores against the ZS60 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

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For anybody who is going to carry around your camera frequently, you will need to factor its weight and size. The Panasonic S1 has outer dimensions of 149mm x 110mm x 97mm (5.9" x 4.3" x 3.8") with a weight of 1021 grams (2.25 lbs) and the Panasonic ZS60 has specifications of 112mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.5") and a weight of 282 grams (0.62 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you have attached at that time. Following is the front view scale comparison of the S1 vs the ZS60.

Considering size and weight, the portability rating of the S1 and ZS60 is 54 and 88 respectively.

Usually, its hard to imagine the contrast between sensor sizes simply by reading through technical specs. The pic underneath will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the S1 and ZS60.

As you can tell, each of the cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The S1 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Panasonic S1 will give more detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop pics much more aggressively. The newer S1 provides a benefit when it comes to sensor tech.