Panasonic F5 vs Pentax KP

Let's take a more detailed look at the Panasonic F5 and Pentax KP, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Advanced DSLR by manufacturers Panasonic and Pentax. There exists a huge gap among the image resolutions of the F5 (14MP) and KP (24MP) and the F5 (1/2.3") and KP (APS-C) boast different sensor dimensions.

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The F5 was brought out 5 years earlier than the KP and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Panasonic F5 being a Compact camera and the Pentax KP being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving straight to a thorough comparison, here is a quick summary of how the F5 matches up vs the KP in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-F5 and Pentax KP. The entire galleries are provided at Panasonic F5 Gallery and Pentax KP Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera frequently, you will need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Panasonic F5 has got external measurements of 97mm x 58mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 121 grams (0.27 lbs) whilst the Pentax KP has proportions of 132mm x 101mm x 76mm (5.2" x 4.0" x 3.0") along with a weight of 703 grams (1.55 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you use during that time. Following is a front view over all size comparison of the F5 and the KP.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the F5 and KP is 96 and 61 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to visualize the difference in sensor measurements purely by checking out specs. The photograph here will give you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the F5 and KP.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The F5 featuring a smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field more difficult and the Pentax KP will show greater detail having its extra 10MP. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop images a bit more aggressively. The older F5 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.