Olympus OM-D E-M10 vs. Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Olympus OM-D E-M10 and Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Olympus OM-D E-M10 vs. Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only 5-15mm lens
Height 8.23 cm 5.8 cm
Width 11.91 cm 10.5 cm
Depth 4.59 cm 3.4 cm
Weight 350 g 183 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy -
Enclosure Colour Black | Silver Black, carmine red | Black, charcoal black | Pure white, cream
Optical Zoom - 3x
SENSOR Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Sensor Resolution 16.1 Megapixel 12.4 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS BSI-CMOS
Total Pixels 17,200,000 pixels 12,760,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 16,100,000 pixels 12,400,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (4/3") 1/1.7"
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF) Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration)
Image Stabiliser Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism) Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Image Processor TruePic VII -
LENS Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Type - Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 5 - 15 mm - f/2.8-4.5
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 27.5 - 83mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 30 cm
Max View Angle - 49.5 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment - Manual
Lens Construction - 7 groups / 8 elements
Filter Size - 40.5 mm
Lens Mounting Type Micro Four Thirds Pentax Q-mount
Features - Internal focusing system, ED glass, aspherical lens
FOCUSING Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 81 -
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Manual Focus Check Live View
AE/AF Control Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF
Face Detection Eye Detect AF Yes
VIEWFINDER Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Viewfinder Type Built-in - electronic -
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Resolution 1,440,000 pixels -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 1.15x -
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +2 -
Viewfinder Information Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AF-in-focus, aperture, white balance, metering system, Exposure Mode, image stabilizer, battery status, AF lock, AF point, electronic level -
Field of View Crop Factor 2 -
Features Viewfinder brightness control, auto eye sensor, colour temperature control -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
ISO (Max) 25600 12800
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 100-25600 ISO auto (100-12800), ISO 100-12800
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 324 -
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes Art Filter bracketing, Dynamic Range Bracketing, ISO sensitivity bracketing -
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, macro, beach/snow, night portrait, landscape-portrait, Children, fireworks, 3D image, panorama assist, night scene, Underwater, sports mode, sunset, candle, high key, low key, documents, nature macro, e-portrait, fisheye converter, wide converter, macro converter, handheld starlight, digital IS Landscape, portrait mode, macro, museum, surf & snow, PET, Blue Sky, food, night scene, sunset, candle, night snapshot, night scene with portrait, kids, Stage, night scene HDR, moving object, quick macro, forest, backlight silhouette, Dynamic Range (HDR)
Special Effects Sepia, Monotone, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Yellow filter, Vivid, purple, blue, green, Frames, Black & White Orange filter, soft focus, natural, monochrome, Black & White Green filter, Muted, portrait, Water Colour, Diorama, Cross Process, Grainy Film, Light Tone, Pop Art, Pale & Light Colour, pin hole, Gentle Sepia, i-Enhance, Dramatic Tone, Image Overlay, Key Line, Star Light, White Edge Warm, Slim, Antique, fisheye, natural, bright, Vibrant, monochrome, Muted, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, Cross Process, HDR, Colour Extract, Toy camera, High contrast, Colour enhancement, Colour Invert, Shaded, Bleach Bypass, Posterisation, Radiant, Reversal Film, Tone Expansion, Vintage, Colour Fade, Bold Monochrome, Unicolour Bold
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, sunlight, Flash, shade, Underwater, 2000K - 14000K Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), Color Temperature Enhancement (CTE), fluorescent light (daylight colour), fluorescent light (daylight white)
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 7 steps in 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV steps 3 steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/2000 sec
Exposure Range EV -2-20 EV 1-17 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes -
Display Format 1,037,000 pixels 460,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Built-in
Display Features Contrast control Display brightness control, display colour control
FLASH Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 4.9
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Rear curtain sync, slow synchro, red-eye reduction, P-TTL
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG, H.264, MOV H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, MPO JPEG, DNG (RAW) + JPEG, DNG (RAW)
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Mono
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction, sensitivity control -
MEMORY Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Memory Card Slot SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage RAW 4608 x 3456 - 17 MB
JPEG 4608 x 3456 - 7.5 MB
JPEG 4608 x 3456 - 3.5 MB
JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.7 MB
JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.4 MB
DNG (RAW) 4000 x 3000
JPEG 4000 x 3000
JPEG 4000 x 2664
JPEG 4000 x 2248
JPEG 3072 x 2304
JPEG 3072 x 2048
JPEG 3072 x 1728
JPEG 1920 x 1440
JPEG 1920 x 1280
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 2992 x 2992
JPEG 2304 x 2304
JPEG 1440 x 1440
Video Capture MOV - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 24Mbps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 16Mbps
MOV - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps - 12Mbps
MOV - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps - 8Mbps
AVI - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
AVI - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 24 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 24 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Battery Type Olympus BLS-5 Lithium Ion Pentax D-LI68 Lithium Ion
Details Olympus BLS-5 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Pentax D-LI68 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 320 shots Playback - 2.7 hours
Photo shooting - 250 shots (50% flash usage)
Photo shooting - 260 shots (flash off)
CONNECTIONS Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0
Connectivity Features Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view -
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching Exif Print support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output
USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 2sec, 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 8 frames per second, 3.5 frames per second -
Additional Features Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, sharpness control, camera orientation detection, histogram display, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, in-camera red-eye fix, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, takes photos while film recording, built-in help guide, Shadow Adjustment Technology, in-camera RAW processing, HDR image enhancement technology, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Dual Axis Electronic Level, GPS via mobile Audio recording, RGB primary colour filter, digital image rotation, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, in-camera red-eye removal, cropping an image, resizing an image, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, in-camera film editing, face detection, in-camera RAW processing, Scene Auto Selector, HDR image enhancement technology, Shade Correction, Eye-Fi Card Ready, distortion control, High ISO NR
OTHERS Olympus OM-D E-M10 Pentax Q-S1 + 5-15mm
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable Carrying strap, battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, USB cable, shoe cap
Software Olympus Viewer 3 Drivers & Utilities
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C -
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -
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