Looking for a small, light, quality camera? - II

Just over a year ago I wrote a blogpost Looking for a small, light, quality camera?, which collected together the size and weights of lightweight quality cameras. The focus was on mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras.

Things have moved on since then: manufacturers have released new cameras and lenses. I’ve repeated the exercise with today’s crop of cameras. If camera size and weight is an important consideration for you, then these tables may be of some help. Note I make no attempt to compare the quality or ergonomics of any of these cameras, there are plenty of camera review sites that do that.

Mirrorless cameras

The following table gives the sizes of various mirrorless cameras, and their weights with various lenses. The pancake lens is the manufacturer’s wide angle prime lens. The zoom lens is the manufacture’s nearest equivalent to a 28-84mm (full frame) lens. The superzoom is the manufacture’s nearest equivalent to a 28-300mm (full frame) lens. All weights include batteries.

Model	Weight	Weight (pancake)	Weight (zoom)	Weight (superzoom)	Dimensions	LCD Dots
Olympus E-P3	369g	440g	481g	659g	122 x 70 x 34 mm	614,000
Olympus E-PL3	313g	384g	425g	603g	110 x 64 x 37 mm	460,000
Olympus E-PM1	254g	325g	366g	544g	110 x 64 x 34 mm	460,000
Panasonic GF2	310g	410g	475g	770g	113 x 68 x 33 mm	460,000
Panasonic GF3	264g	364g	429g	724g	108 x 67 x 32 mm	460,000
Sony NEX-C3	225g	299g	439g	749g	110 × 60 × 33 mm	921,600
Samsung NX100	282g	367g	480g	N/A	120 × 71× 35 mm	614,000

The overall lightest camera/lens combination, at 299g is the Sony NEX-C3 with 16mm lens. This is thanks to the low weight of the Sony camera. With zoom lenses, the inherent size/weight advantage of micro4/3 comes into play: the Olympus EPM-3 provides the lightest camera with standard zoom combination and superzoom combinations (at 366g and 544g respectively). (Of course slightly lighter combinations could be obtained by mixing Panasonic and Olympus lenses and bodies.)

Compact cameras

For comparison, here are the weights and dimensions of some of the higher end compact cameras:

Model	Weight	Dimensions	LCD Dots
Canon PowerShot G12 [28-140mm]	491g	112 x 76 x 48 mm	461,000
Canon PowerShot S95 [28-105mm]	195g	100 x 58 x 30 mm	461,000
Leica X1 [35mm]	306g	124 x 60 x 32 mm	230,000
Nikon Coolpix P7000 [28-200mm]	310g	114 x 77 x 45 mm	921,000
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 [24-90mm]	271g	110 x 65 x 43 mm	460,000

The lightest mirrorless camerea with a standard zoom lens (Olympus E-PM1 with 28-84mm equivalent lens) weighs 425g and compares reasonably favorably, weightwise, with some of these compact cameras. The Sony NEX-C3 with 16mm lens (24mm equivalent) weighs 299g and also compares reasonably favorably weightwise.

DSLRs

For further comparison, here are the sizes and weight of some of the smaller and lighter DSLRs:

Model	Weight	Weight (pancake)	Weight (zoom)	Weight (superzoom)	Dimensions	LCD Dots
Canon EOS 1100D	495g	N/A	695g	1090g	130 x 100 x 78 mm	230,000
Nikon D60	505g	N/A	770g	1065g	126 x 94 x 64 mm	230,000

Lenses

For reference, here are the weights and sizes of some of the lenses available for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras:

Model	Weight	Dimensions	Filter diameter
Olympus 9-18mm[18-36mm] f4.0-4.6	155g	57 x 50 mm	52mm
Olympus 14-42mm[28-84mm] f3.5-5.6	150g	62 x 44 mm	40.5mm
Olympus 14-42mm[28-84mm] f3.5-5.6 II	112g	57 x 50 mm	37mm
Olympus 14-150mm[28-300mm] f4.0-5.6	290g	64 x 83 mm	58mm
Olympus 40-150mm[80-300mm] f4.0-5.6R	190g	64 x 83 mm	58mm
Olympus 75-300mm[150-600mm] f4.8-6.7	430g	70 x 116 mm	58mm
Olympus 12mm[24mm] f2.0	130g	56 x 43 mm	46 mm
Olympus 17mm[34mm] f2.8	71g	57 x 22 mm	37 mm
Olympus 45mm[24mm] f1.8	116g	56 x 46 mm	37 mm
Panasonic 7-14mm[14-28mm] f4.0	300g	70 x 83 mm	-
Panasonic 14-42mm[28-84mm] f3.5-5.6	165g	61 x 64 mm	52 mm
Panasonic 14-45mm[28-84mm] f3.5-5.6	195g	60 x 60 mm	52 mm
Panasonic 14-140mm[28-280mm] f4.0-5.8	460g	70 x 84 mm	62 mm
Panasonic 45-200mm[90-400mm] f4.0-5.6	380g	70 x 100 mm	52 mm
Panasonic 100-300mm[200-600mm] f4.0-5.6	520g	74 x 126 mm	67 mm
Panasonic 8mm[16mm] f3.5	165g	61 x 52 mm	N/A
Panasonic 20mm[40mm] f1.7	100g	63 x 26 mm	46 mm
Panasonic 25mm[50mm] f1.4	200g	63 x 55 mm	46 mm
Panasonic 45mm[90mm] f2.8	225g	63 x 63 mm	46 mm
Samsung 18-55mm[28-85mm] F3.5-5.6	198g	63 x 65 mm	58 mm
Samsung 20mm[40mm] f2.8	89g	62 x 25 mm	43 mm
Samsung 30mm[46mm] f2	85g	62 x 22 mm	43 mm
Samsung 50-200mm[77-308mm] F4-5.6	417g	70 x 101 mm	52 mm
Sony 16mm[24mm] f2.8	74g	62 x 23 mm	49 mm
Sony 18-55[27-83mm] f2.5-5.6	214g	62 x 60 mm	49 mm
Sony 18-200[27-300mm] f3.5-6.3	524g	76 x 99 mm	67 mm

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