Panasonic FS15 vs Pentax K-5 IIs

Lets look much closer at the Panasonic FS15 and Pentax K-5 IIs, one being a Ultracompact and the latter is a Advanced DSLR by manufacturers Panasonic and Pentax. There exists a significant gap among the resolutions of the FS15 (12MP) and K-5 IIs (16MP) and the FS15 (1/2.3") and K-5 IIs (APS-C) enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The FS15 was revealed 5 years prior to the K-5 IIs and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Panasonic FS15 being a Ultracompact camera and the Pentax K-5 IIs being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving in to a more detailed comparison, below is a short summation of how the FS15 matches up vs the K-5 IIs in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 and Pentax K-5 IIs. The full galleries are viewable at Panasonic FS15 Gallery and Pentax K-5 IIs Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera, you'll need to think about its weight and size. The Panasonic FS15 enjoys external measurements of 97mm x 54mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.1" x 0.9") with a weight of 136 grams (0.30 lbs) whilst the Pentax K-5 IIs has specifications of 131mm x 97mm x 73mm (5.2" x 3.8" x 2.9") and a weight of 760 grams (1.68 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you have attached at that time. Following is the front view size comparison of the FS15 against the K-5 IIs.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FS15 and K-5 IIs is 95 and 60 respectively.

More often than not, it's hard to picture the contrast in sensor measurements purely by seeing specs. The visual here should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the FS15 and K-5 IIs.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FS15 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF tougher and the Pentax K-5 IIs will provide more detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures a little more aggressively. The older FS15 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.