Very honestly, I am not a bean counter. But here I somehow enjoyed the engineering skills making excellent beautiful high end cameras so small and light. I asked myself how much more do I have in my pocket if I choose MFT or Fujifilm x-mount system. Here is a comparison:
Camera | lens [mm F] | W [mm] | H [mm] | D [mm] | Weight [g] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sony RX100 III | Zeiss 8.8-25.7 1.8-2.8 | 101,6 | 58,1 | 41,0 | 290 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | no lens | 98,5 | 59,5 | 36,1 | 211 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lumix 12-32 3.5-5.6 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 60,1 | 281 |
Olympus PEN E-PM2 | no lens | 110,0 | 64,0 | 34,0 | 225 |
Olympus PEN E-PM2 | Olympus 14-42 3.5-5.6 | 110,0 | 64,0 | 56,5 | 318 |
Fujifilm X-M1 | no lens | 117,0 | 67,0 | 39,0 | 280 |
Fujifilm X-M1 | Fujinon XF 18 2.0 | 117,0 | 67,0 | 72,7 | 396 |
The Sony is clearly a pocket camera and offers the smalls Height and Depth with a fixed lens. The Lumix wins the Width dimension and the Olympus offers shortest Depth amongst the interchangeable lenses. Weight is a clear win for the Lumix. The Fujifilm plays in a different size and weight league.
In the end it is a race between Sony and Lumix. But the above table is not completely fair, as the Sony offers „much more light“ with F=1.8-2.8. Getting this with the Lumix MFT lenses pays a high price on weight and size:
Camera | lens [mm F] | W [mm] | H [mm] | D [mm] | Weight [g] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sony RX100 III | Zeiss 8.8-25.7 1.8-2.8 | 101,6 | 58,1 | 41,0 | 290 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | no lens | 98,5 | 59,5 | 36,1 | 211 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lumix 12-32 3.5-5.6 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 60,1 | 281 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lumix 12-35 2.8 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 109,9 | 516 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lumix 14-42 3.5-5.6 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 62,9 | 306 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Olympus 14-42 3.5-5.6 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 58,6 | 304 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lumix G 20 1.7 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 61,6 | 298 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Lunix G 14 2.5 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 56,6 | 266 |
Lumix DMC-GM5 | Olympus 25 2.8 | 98,5 | 59,5 | 59,6 | 306 |
A comparable Sony/Zeiss lens at MFT is the Lumix 12-35mm F2.8. But it is long and heavy, lifting the weight of the Lumix up to 485g, and the depth of 109,9mm makes it like a big box in your pocket. The fixed focal length pancake lenses both from Lumix and Olympus give a much better pocket feeling. As a compromise I would then choose the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 with the Lumix 12-32mm F3.5-5.6 as the standard zoom and pick a fixed focus Lumix G20mm F1.7.
Finally, the winners in the competition for smallest and lightest are:
- Sony RX100 III with fixed mounted Zeiss lens,
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 in the category of exchangeable lens cameras.
Here is a great web-page comparing the two camera sizes also visually.