Panasonic L10 vs Pentax Efina

Lets look more closely at the Panasonic L10 and Pentax Efina, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Ultracompact by brands Panasonic and Pentax. There is a crucial difference among the image resolutions of the L10 (10MP) and Efina (14MP) and the L10 (Four Thirds) and Efina (1/2.3") feature different sensor sizing.

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The L10 was manufactured 6 years before the Efina and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic L10 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Pentax Efina being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go in to a complete comparison, below is a brief overview of how the L10 scores vs the Efina when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 and Pentax Efina. The entire galleries are provided at Panasonic L10 Gallery and Pentax Efina Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera, you're going to have to factor in its weight and size. The Panasonic L10 provides outside dimensions of 135mm x 96mm x 78mm (5.3" x 3.8" x 3.1") and a weight of 556 grams (1.23 lbs) and the Pentax Efina has specifications of 87mm x 54mm x 21mm (3.4" x 2.1" x 0.8") accompanied by a weight of 91 grams (0.20 lbs).

Check the Panasonic L10 and Pentax Efina in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you choose at that moment. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the L10 and the Efina.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability rating of the L10 and Efina is 66 and 97 respectively.

Generally, its tough to picture the difference in sensor measurements only by researching a spec sheet. The visual below will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the L10 and Efina.

As you can see, each of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The L10 because of its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF easier and the Pentax Efina will result in extra detail due to its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images much more aggressively. The older L10 will be behind in sensor technology.