Olympus PEN E-P5
Mirrorless Camera
 vs Olympus E-M5
Mirrorless Camera

What’s good about the Olympus PEN E-P5

Best price $430
  • Smaller body size 19 in³ vs 29 in³
  • Significantly cheaper street price $430 vs $999
  • Higher resolution rear screen 1037k dots vs 610k dots
  • Newer camera July 2013 vs May 2012
  • Has HDR on-board E-M5 does not have HDR
  • Has Wi-Fi photo upload capabilities E-M5 does not have Wi-Fi
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What’s good about the Olympus OM-D E-M5

Best price
$999
  • Has a waterproof camera body PEN E-P5 does not
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What the Olympus PEN E-P5 and Olympus E-M5 have in common

  • Weigh about the same 14.8 oz vs 15 oz
  • Similar sensor resolutions 16.1 MP
  • Similar image sensor size 225 in²
  • The same maximum ISO setting 25600 ISO
  • Same viewscreen size 3.0″
  • Same quality video capture 1080p 30fps
  • Similar continuous shooting speed 9 shots per second
  • interchangeable lenses
  • HDMI port
  • 3D capture
  • panorama mode
  • RAW capture
  • hot shoe
  • flip out viewscreen

What’s missing from both the Olympus PEN E-P5 and the Olympus E-M5

  • No GPS tagging
  • No external microphone jack
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