You can see them with and without the accessory power grip for the OM-D. Dedicated accessories even exist to make the body larger and easier to hold.īelow is a comparison between the Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II and the EPL-2. What you gain is only on the size and weight of the camera body.īut to make things more ergonomic, the bodies are often not made as small as they could be.
#FULL FRAME VS MIRRORLESS FULL#
This also reduces the portability of a full frame mirrorless system. The lens sticks further out with the adaptor, moving the weight far from the camera body. A top-view comparison of a 28 mm wide-angle lens on the OM-D EM-5 Mark II with the necessary adaptor (left) and on the old OM-1 (right). This will make an already unbalanced system worse. The heavy lens is pushed further in front of the camera body. If you need an adapter, things get even worst. This is tiring and annoying when photographing handheld with big lenses. But this means that the camera-lens system is unbalanced on the lens side. The SD card is there to show the scale of size.Īnd there’s another drawback. The Olympus EPL-2 with the 14-42 mm lens (28-84 mm equivalent focal length on full frame, or EFL) is a classic kit lens. But for full frame sensors? They need lenses as big as those used by DSLR full frame cameras. Very compact and lightweight interchangeable lenses can illuminate MFT sensors. This means it affects the size of the image the lens projects on the sensor. The size of a lens determines the amount of sensor that is illuminated. This stands for “interchangeable-lens cameras.” Right? True, but these cameras are ILC cameras. What about competitors like Fujifilm, Sony, Pentax, Nikon, and Canon? They’re using APS-C and full frame sensors instead.īut the size of a full frame sensor should not change the size of the camera body significantly. Olympus is still working with the MFT format. A Comparison of Old and New Olympus Mirrorless Cameras The Olympus EPL-2 with MFT sensor and no EVF. This is half the size of full frame sensors.īut what about today’s mirrorless cameras? One of the first Olympus mirrorless cameras. They also sported a Micro Four Thirds (MFT) sensor. They had no electronic viewfinder (or it was optional). The first mirrorless cameras were Panasonic and Olympus cameras.
The mirror (with all the other related parts) is not there anymore. Mirrorless Cameras Are Smaller and Lighter Than a DSLR: The Size Myth But if you are going down the mirrorless camera road, you should know that it’s not all roses. 6 Things You Should Know About Mirrorless CamerasĪ small disclaimer… I am a long-time mirrorless camera photographer and enthusiast. No mirror in the modern Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II mirrorless camera, and the sensor is visible (right). A mirror in the Olympus OM-1 SLR camera (left). The image below shows an old Olympus OM-1 35 mm film camera and a modern Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II. This is a small, high-resolution LCD screen. It makes for a more compact and light camera bodyĪn electronic viewfinder (EVF) replaces the mirror system.No longer a delicate and complicated mechanism.So why change it? There are at least three good reasons to remove the mirror: The mirror has been used since the 1950s. This is unlike digital single reflex cameras, better known as DSLRs. So what is a mirrorless camera? As the name suggests, mirrorless cameras have no mirror.
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