Olympus E-PM1
Mirrorless Camera
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Sony NEX-F3
Mirrorless Camera
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What’s good about the Olympus PEN E-PM1
Best price
$240
- Weighs a little bit less than the NEX-F3 7.65 oz vs 11.1 oz
- Smaller body size 14 in³ vs 20 in³
- Significantly cheaper street price $240 vs $470
- Has longer exposure available 60 seconds vs 30 seconds
- Has a flash hot shoe connector NEX-F3 does not
- Has 3D capture capabilities NEX-F3 does not have 3D
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Olympus PEN E-PM1
What’s good about the Sony Alpha NEX-F3
Best price
$470
$470
- Higher sensor resolution 16.1 MP vs 12.3 MP
- Significantly larger image sensor 367 mm² vs 225 mm²
- Higher resolution rear screen 921k dots vs 460k dots
- Better light sensitivity by 0 f-stop 16,000 ISO vs 12,800 ISO
- Newer camera May 2012 vs October 2011
- Viewscreen flips out E-PM1 does not have a flip out viewscreen
- Has HDR on-board E-PM1 does not have HDR
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Sony Alpha NEX-F3
What the Olympus E-PM1 and Sony NEX-F3 have in common
- Same viewscreen size 3.0″
- Same quality video capture 1080p 30fps
- Similar continuous shooting speed 6 shots per second
- interchangeable lenses
- HDMI port
- panorama mode
- RAW capture
What’s missing from both the Olympus E-PM1 and the Sony NEX-F3
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No GPS tagging -
No waterproof housing -
No external microphone jack -
No Wi-Fi