Panasonic G7 vs Pentax P70

Its time to look more in depth at the Panasonic G7 and Pentax P70, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact by companies Panasonic and Pentax. There is a sizable difference among the sensor resolutions of the G7 (16MP) and P70 (12MP) and the G7 (Four Thirds) and P70 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor dimensions.

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The G7 was released 6 years after the P70 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Panasonic G7 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Pentax P70 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting straight to a full comparison, here is a quick highlight of how the G7 scores against the P70 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

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For anyone who is intending to carry around your camera frequently, you have to take into account its weight and size. The Panasonic G7 provides physical dimensions of 125mm x 86mm x 77mm (4.9" x 3.4" x 3.0") along with a weight of 410 grams (0.90 lbs) and the Pentax P70 has specifications of 97mm x 54mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.1" x 0.9") with a weight of 155 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilizing at the time. The following is a front view physical size comparison of the G7 vs the P70.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability grade of the G7 and P70 is 71 and 95 respectively.

Often, its difficult to envision the gap in sensor sizes only by checking out specs. The pic here will give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the G7 and P70.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The G7 due to its larger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF easier and the Panasonic G7 will produce greater detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos a bit more aggressively. The fresher G7 is going to have an advantage with regard to sensor technology.