Nikon D3300 vs. Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake

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Detailed comparison and review of Nikon D3300 and Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake. 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.

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Nikon D3300 vs. Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Product Type Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake lens
Height 9.8 cm 6.8 cm
Width 12.4 cm 11.71 cm
Depth 7.55 cm 3.9 cm
Weight 410 g 332 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 332 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 380 g
Enclosure Colour Black Brown | White
Optical Zoom - 3x
SENSOR Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Sensor Resolution 24.2 Megapixel 16.1 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Live MOS
Total Pixels 24,780,000 pixels 17,200,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,200,000 pixels 16,100,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features - Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
Image Stabiliser - Optical (3-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
PROCESSOR Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Image Processor EXPEED 4 TruePic VIII
LENS Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Type - Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 14 - 42 mm - f/3.5-5.6 ED EZ
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 28 - 84mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 20 cm
Max View Angle - 75 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment - Manual (by ring)
Lens Construction - 7 groups / 8 elements
Filter Size - 37 mm
Lens Mounting Type Nikon F Micro Four Thirds
Features - ED glass, aspherical lens, Zoom Maximum Speed Adjustment, MSC technology, Super HR (High Refractive) index lens, Lens Barrel Retraction Function
FOCUSING Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11 121
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function Yes
VIEWFINDER Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Viewfinder Type Optical - eye-level pentamirror -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 95% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.85x -
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -1.7 to +0.5 -
Field of View Crop Factor 1.5 2
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
ISO (Max) 25600 25600
Native ISO - 100-6400
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 25600, ISO 100-12800 ISO 100-25600, ISO auto (100-25600)
Exposure Metering Centre-weighted, spot, 3D colour matrix II Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, highlight spot, shadow spot
Exposure Metering Zones 420 324
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, night portrait, Children, panorama assist, sports mode -
Special Effects Neutral, Vivid, fisheye, illustration, monochrome, landscape, portrait, miniature, Toy camera, Silhouette, Colour sketch, Colour outline, Selective Colour, High Key, Night Vision, Low Key, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Super Vivid, Image Overlay Soft focus, Water Colour, Diorama, Cross Process, partial colour, Grainy Film, Light Tone, Pop Art, Pale & Light Colour, pin hole, Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Bleach Bypass, Key Line, Vintage, Instant Film
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, sunlight, Flash, shade 2000K - 14000K
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/16000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 60 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
X-sync Speed 1/200sec -
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 921,000 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control, display colour control
FLASH Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 5.4
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features Flash +/- compensation Flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW + JPEG, NEF (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - PCM, WAV
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
Microphone Features Sensitivity control Wind noise reduction, sensitivity control
MEMORY Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
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, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card - 64 GB SDXC
Memory Card Included - Yes
Image Storage 6000 x 4000
4496 x 3000
2992 x 2000
RAW 4608 x 3456
JPEG 4608 x 3456
JPEG 3200 x 2400
JPEG 1280 x 960
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
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 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 640 x 424 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 424 - 25 fps
MOV - 3840 x 2160 p
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p
MOV - 1280 x 720 p
BATTERY AND CHARGING Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Battery Type Nikon EN-EL14a Lithium Ion Olympus BLS-50 Lithium Ion
Details Nikon EN-EL14a Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Olympus BLS-50 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 700 shots Photo shooting - 350 shots
Video recording - 140 minutes
CONNECTIONS Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, QR code scanning
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Exif Print support
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)
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec, 20sec 2sec, 12sec, 1 - 30 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 5 frames per second 6.1 frames per second, 8.6 frames per second, 4.8 frames per second, 14.1 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features Digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, cropping an image, resizing an image, GPS ready, highlight point display, Active D-Lighting technology, built-in help guide, in-camera RAW processing, HDR image enhancement technology, Eye-Fi Card Ready, distortion control, perspective control, high ISO speed noise reduction Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, Full-time Live View
OTHERS Nikon D3300 Olympus PEN E-PL10 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ Pancake
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, neck strap, audio / video cable Battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, carrying bag
Software Nikon ViewNX 2 -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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