Olympus PEN E-P5 vs. Canon EOS M50

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Olympus PEN E-P5 and Canon EOS M50. 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 PEN E-P5 vs. Canon EOS M50 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 6.89 cm 8.81 cm
Width 12.23 cm 11.63 cm
Depth 3.72 cm 5.87 cm
Weight 378 g 351 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 351 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 387 g
Body Material Metal Polycarbonate
Enclosure Colour Black | Silver | White Black | White
SENSOR Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Sensor Resolution 16.1 Megapixel 24.1 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS CMOS
Total Pixels 16,100,000 pixels 25,800,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 17,200,000 pixels 24,100,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm) APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 25 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF) EOS Integrated Cleaning System
Image Stabiliser Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) Optical
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes -
Sensors Digital level metre Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Image Processor TruePic VI DIGIC 8
LENS Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Lens Mounting Type Micro Four Thirds Canon EF-M
FOCUSING Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 35 143
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Subject-tracking AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF, Zone AF, Touch and Drag AF
Face Detection Yes Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Viewfinder Type Built-in - electronic Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,360,000 pixels
Field of View Crop Factor 2 1.6
Interchangeable Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
ISO (Max) 25600 51200
Native ISO - 100-6400
Extended ISO (Max) - 51200
Light Sensitivity ISO 200-25600, ISO auto (200-25600) ISO auto, ISO 51200, ISO 100-25600
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, highlight spot, shadow spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6.4%), spot (2.8%)
Exposure Metering Zones 324 384
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes Art Filter bracketing, ISO sensitivity bracketing -
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, macro, beach/snow, landscape-portrait, Children, fireworks, 3D image, panorama assist, night scene, sports mode, sunset, candle, high key, night scene with portrait, underwater macro, underwater wide, low key, documents, nature macro, e-portrait, fisheye converter, wide converter, macro converter Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, self-portrait, food, panning, sports mode, backlight correction HDR, smooth skin, handheld night scene
Special Effects Sepia, Monotone, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Yellow filter, Vivid, purple, blue, green, Black & White Orange filter, soft focus, natural, 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, High Key, Low Key, Key Line Neutral, fisheye, soft focus, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, miniature, Toy camera, HDR Art, Grainy B&W, Water painting, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Fluorescent, sunlight, tungsten light, Flash, shade, overcast, Underwater, 2000K - 14000K Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps), fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 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, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps 2 steps in 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/320 sec 1/200sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV 0-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 1,037,000 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Rotating
Display Features Contrast control, display brightness control, display colour control, Touch AF Display brightness control
FLASH Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 7 5
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Rear curtain sync, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control, flash exposure bracketing AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Digital Video Format MPEG-4, MJPEG H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, MPO JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo -
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction -
MEMORY Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
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 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 2560 x 1920 - 1.1 MB
JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.3 MB
6000 x 4000
3984 x 2656
2976 x 1984
2400 x 1600
6000 x 3368
3984 x 2240
2976 x 1680
2400 x 1344
5328 x 4000
3552 x 2664
2656 x 1992
2112 x 1600
4000 x 4000
2656 x 2656
1984 x 1984
1600 x 1600
Video Capture MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 20Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 17Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps - 13Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps - 10Mbps
MJPEG - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
MJPEG - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
MJPEG - 1280 x 720 - 10 fps - Time-Lapse mode
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 119.9 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 100 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 50 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Battery Type Olympus BLN-1 Lithium Ion Canon LP-E12 Lithium Ion
Details Olympus BLN-1 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E12 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 330 shots Photo shooting - 235 shots (at 23 °C (AE 50%, FE 50%))
Photo shooting - 370 shots (ECO mode)
Video recording - 1.42 hours
Playback - 4 hours
CONNECTIONS Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth
Connectivity Features Remote live view Wireless Image Transfer
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Computer Connectivity - Mac, Windows
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec, 1 - 30 sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 5 frames per second, 4.5 frames per second, 9 frames per second 10 frames per second, 7.4 frames per second
Additional Features Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, sharpness control, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Eye-Fi Card Ready, Touch Shutter technology, Time-Lapse recording, GPS via mobile RGB primary colour filter, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, colour control, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, saturation control, highlight tone priority, highlight point display, brightness control, contrast control, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, Scene Intelligent Auto technology, Time-Lapse recording, noise reduction over long exposures, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, Hybrid Auto, diffraction correction, chromatic aberration correction
OTHERS Olympus PEN E-P5 Canon EOS M50
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, audio / video cable Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, hot shoe cover
Software Drivers & Utilities, Olympus Viewer 3 -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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