Olympus E-PL5
Mirrorless Camera
vs Samsung NX1000
Mirrorless Camera

What’s good about the Olympus E-PL5

Best price $239
  • 13% more battery life 360 shots vs 320 shots
  • Significantly cheaper street price $239 vs $450
  • Has longer exposure available 60 seconds vs 30 seconds
  • Better light sensitivity by 1 f-stop 25,600 ISO vs 12,800 ISO
  • Viewscreen flips out NX1000 does not have a flip out viewscreen
  • Has HDR on-board NX1000 does not have HDR

What’s good about the Samsung NX1000

Best price
$450
  • Weighs a little bit less than the E-PL5 7.8 oz vs 11.5 oz
  • Higher sensor resolution 20.3 MP vs 16.1 MP
  • Significantly larger image sensor 371 mm² vs 225 mm²
  • Higher resolution rear screen 921k dots vs 460k dots
  • Has Wi-Fi photo upload capabilities E-PL5 does not have Wi-Fi

What the Olympus E-PL5 and Samsung NX1000 have in common

  • Similar Body sizes 17 in³ vs 16 in³
  • Same viewscreen size 3.0″
  • Same quality video capture 1080p 30fps
  • Similar continuous shooting speed 8 shots per second
  • interchangeable lenses
  • HDMI port
  • 3D capture
  • panorama mode
  • RAW capture
  • hot shoe

What’s missing from both the Olympus E-PL5 and the Samsung NX1000

  • No GPS tagging
  • No waterproof housing
  • No external microphone jack

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