Pentax Q vs Olympus E-PL8

Olympus E-PL8 advantages over Pentax Q

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Limited
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Larger sensor
  4/3 vs 1/2.3 inch
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Less expensive
  $650 vs $750 (MSRP)
  Save money for lenses or accessories
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 3.75 vs 1.54 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• Built-in Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi vs None
  Share your photos wirelessly
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  350 vs 230 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  84 mm vs 47 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• Newer
  8 years vs 13 years old
  Newer cameras often support more advanced features
• More dots on screen
  1037k vs 460k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More pixels
  16.1 vs 12.4 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Wider angle kit lens
  28 mm vs 47 mm
  Capture more of the scene with the included lens
• Longer exposure
  60 vs 30 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  8.5 fps vs 5.3 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 6400 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility