Canon EOS 80D vs. Olympus OM-D E-M1X

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Detailed comparison and review of Canon EOS 80D and Olympus OM-D E-M1X. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Canon EOS 80D vs. Olympus OM-D E-M1X Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 10.52 cm 14.68 cm
Width 13.9 cm 14.44 cm
Depth 7.85 cm 7.54 cm
Weight 650 g 849 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 650 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 730 g
Camera with battery: 849 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 997 g
Body Material Fibreglass-reinforced polycarbonate resin Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection - Splashproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant, IPX1
Navigation - GPS receiver
SENSOR Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Sensor Resolution 24.2 Megapixel 20.4 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Live MOS
Total Pixels 25,800,000 pixels 21,770,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,200,000 pixels 20,400,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (22.5 x 15.0 mm) Four Thirds (4/3")
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 60 fps 24 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Self Cleaning Sensor Unit Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors Digital level metre Barometer, magnetometer, temperature
PROCESSOR Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Image Processor DIGIC 6 Dual TruePic VIII
LENS Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Lens Mounting Type Canon EF/EF-S Micro Four Thirds
FOCUSING Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Auto Focus TTL phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 45 121
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Frequency Accelerating Sensor Technology (F.A.S.T.) AF system
AE/AF Control FlexiZone, Subject-tracking AF, Predictive AI Servo AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF, Subject detection AF
Face Detection Yes Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - LCD
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,360,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.95x 1.65x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +1 -4 to +2
Field of View Crop Factor 1.6 2
Features - Auto eye sensor
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
ISO (Max) 25600 25600
Native ISO 100-16000 200-25600
Extended ISO (Max) 25600 -
Extended ISO (Min) - 64
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 25600, ISO 100-16000 ISO 100, ISO 64, ISO auto (200-6400), ISO 200-25600
Exposure Metering Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot (3.8%), partial (6%) Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 63 324
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Art Filter bracketing, focus bracketing, ISO sensitivity bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, night portrait, food, sports mode, candle, kids, handheld night shot, backlight correction HDR -
Special Effects Fisheye, soft focus, miniature, Toy camera, HDR Art, Grainy B&W, Water painting -
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (white) Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, sunlight, Flash, shade, Underwater, 3000K - 7500K
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 60 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps -
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 1-20 (ISO 100) EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 1,040,000 pixels 1,037,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Rotating
Display Features Display brightness control -
FLASH Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Camera Flash Pop-up flash -
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 -
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction -
Red-Eye Reduction Yes -
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control, flash exposure bracketing -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 4096 x 2160
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
MEMORY Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Memory Card Slot SD card Dual 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, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage RAW 6000 x 4000
RAW 4500 x 3000
RAW 3000 x 2000
JPEG 6000 x 4000
JPEG 5328 x 4000
JPEG 6000 x 3368
JPEG 2976 x 1984
JPEG 2956 x 1992
JPEG 2976 x 1680
JPEG 1920 x 1280
JPEG 1696 x 1280
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 720 x 480
JPEG 640 x 480
JPEG 720 x 408
JPEG 4000 x 4000
JPEG 2656 x 2656
JPEG 1984 x 1984
JPEG 1280 x 1280
JPEG 480 x 480
RAW 5184 x 3888
JPEG 5184 x 3888
RAW 8160 x 6120 - High Resolution Mode
JPEG 8160 x 6120 - High Resolution Mode
JPEG 5760 x 4320 - High Resolution Mode
Video Capture MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 90Mbps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 90Mbps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 90Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 60Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 60Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 30Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 30Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 30Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 60 fps - 26Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 50 fps - 26Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 4Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps - 4Mbps
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BATTERY AND CHARGING Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Battery Type Canon LP-E6N Lithium Ion Olympus BLH-1 Lithium Ion
Details Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) 2 x Olympus BLH-1 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1720 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 1390 shots (at 23 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 1250 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 340 shots (at 23 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 310 shots (at 0 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 2580 shots (quick sleep mode)
Photo shooting - 870 shots
Video recording - 170 minutes
CONNECTIONS Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Interface HDMI, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN, NFC (Near Field Communication) HDMI, USB 3.0, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2
Connectivity Features DLNA, remote control via mobile devices, remote live view Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, QR code scanning
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support DPOF support, Exif Print support
Computer Connectivity Mac, Windows -
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Composite video/audio output
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
USB 3.0 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control (sub-mini phone 2.5 mm)
FEATURES Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 2sec, 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 7 frames per second 15 frames per second, 60 frames per second
HDR Mode HDR Movie mode Auto HDR mode
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, cropping an image, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Video Snapshot mode, Auto Lighting Optimizer, Eye-Fi Card Ready, Scene Intelligent Auto technology, Time-Lapse recording, Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology Built-in speaker, auto power save, relay recording, USB charging, high-speed recording, Time-Lapse recording, Focus Stacking, Flickering Reduction function, 50-megapixel High Resolution mode
OTHERS Canon EOS 80D Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, eyecup Carrying strap, battery charger, body cap, eyecup, cable clip, cable protector, hot shoe cover, USB-C cable, battery holder
Software Drivers & Utilities, Canon Digital Photo Professional -
Max Operating Temperature 45 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -10 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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