Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV vs Olympus Stylus Tough 6010

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV and the Olympus Stylus Tough 6010, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV was introduced in August 2020 and Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 was introduced in July 2009. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV over Olympus Stylus Tough 6010.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 over Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has a 3.0" Tilting screen with 1,040k dot resolution and Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 has a 2.70" Fixed screen with 230k dot resolution. Tilting screen makes Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV very useful for photography purposes but not so useful for video shooting. Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV also features touchscreen which has advantages such as easy menu navigation, intuitive controls, quick setting adjustment and most importantly a Touch-to-Focus functionality allowing users to select a specific point on the screen where they want the camera to focus. This feature can be helpful for achieving precise focus in both photo and video recording.

Electronic (OLED) Viewfinder on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has a built-in Electronic (OLED) viewfinder with 2,360k dot resolution. It has a 100% coverage and 1.23x (0.62x 35mm equivalent) magnification. There is no built-in or optional viewfinder available on Olympus Stylus Tough 6010.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV features a 20.3 megapixel Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor with dimensions of 17.4 x 13 mm and a total area of 226.2 mm². Its native ISO range is 200 - 25,600 and expands to 100 - 25,600 in boosted mode. Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 features a 12 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor with dimensions of 6.17 x 4.55 mm and a total area of 20.7 mm². Its native ISO range is 64 - 1,600.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV is equipped with TruePic VIII processor and can take pictures up to 5184 x 3888 resolution. Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 is equipped with TruePic III processor and can take pictures up to 3968 x 2976 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 with 4:3, 16:9 aspect ratios.

Image Stabilization

The cameras have a built-in image stabilization (4.5 stops of compensation in Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV). On Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV it means that you are still getting vibration reduction when it is paired with non-image stabilizied lenses. It also works with lenses with optical image stabilization and in combination can achieve even better compensation.

Built-in Wi-Fi on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has a built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz) which allows to easily transfer photos and videos from the camera to other Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as smartphones, tablets, printers, or computers. This eliminates the need for cables and allows for quick and convenient media sharing and social media integration. It gives you the ability to control your camera remotely using a smartphone or tablet. This is particularly useful for taking self-portraits, group shots, or capturing images in challenging conditions without having to touch the camera. Firmware updates can also be downloaded and installed wirelessly.
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Bluetooth on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has a built-in Bluetooth which lets you to connect the camera to a smartphone or a dedicated remote control device. This allows you to remotely trigger the camera, adjust settings and controls remotely through a paired mobile app. While Wi-Fi is generally faster for transferring larger files, Bluetooth can be used for small, selective transfers, it can provide real-time information about your camera's battery status, memory card capacity, and other key settings directly on your paired smartphone or smartwatch.
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USB Inputs and HDMI Outputs

Both models have USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) inputs for data transfer. connector for video signal output.

Battery

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV comes with BLS-50 battery pack with battery life of 360 shots and Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 comes with LI-50C battery pack.

External Storage Slots

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has a single SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II) card slot. Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 has a single xD Picture Card/microSD card slot.

Shutter

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV has Electronic shutter and Mechanical Focal Plane shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/16000 sec with electronic shutter and up to 1/4000 sec with mechanical shutter on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV, and up to 1/2000 sec on Olympus Stylus Tough 6010. Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV can shoot continuously up to 15.0 fps with electronic shutter and up to 8.7 fps with mechanical shutter.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV ranges from -2 to +20 EV and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV. You can also do exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV and exposure bracketing on Olympus Stylus Tough 6010.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 7.20 m at ISO 200 on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV and 4.00 m on Olympus Stylus Tough 6010. Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV also accepts external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe. The fastest flash synchronization speed is 1/250 sec on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV body has dimensions of 122 x 84 x 49 mm (4.8 x 3.31 x 1.93") and Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 body has dimensions of 95 x 63 x 22 mm (3.74 x 2.48 x 0.87"). Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV weighs 383 g (0.84 lb / 13.51 oz) and Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 weighs 179 g (0.39 lb / 6.31 oz).

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV

Olympus Stylus Tough 6010

122 mm

84 mm

95 mm

63 mm

84 mm

63 mm

49 mm

22 mm