Olympus PEN E-PL9 vs Casio Exilim EX-ZS5

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Olympus PEN E-PL9 and the Casio Exilim EX-ZS5, 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 PEN E-PL9 was introduced in February 2018 and Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 was introduced in January 2011. 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 PEN E-PL9 over Casio Exilim EX-ZS5.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 over Olympus PEN E-PL9.

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 PEN E-PL9 and Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 have 3.0" screens with 1,040k dot and 461k dot resolutions respectively. Olympus PEN E-PL9 has a Tilting screen which makes it very useful for photography purposes but not so useful for video shooting. Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 has a Fixed screen Olympus PEN E-PL9 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.

Olympus PEN E-PL9 features a 16.1 megapixel Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor with dimensions of 17.3 x 13 mm and a total area of 224.9 mm². Its native ISO range is 200 - 6,400 and expands to 100 - 25,600 in boosted mode. Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 features a 14.1 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor with dimensions of 6.16 x 4.62 mm and a total area of 21.3 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 3,200.

Olympus PEN E-PL9 is equipped with TruePic VIII processor and can take pictures up to 4608 x 3456 resolution. Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 is equipped with Exilim Engine 5.0 processor and can take pictures up to 4320 x 3240 resolution.

In-Body Image Stabilization on Olympus PEN E-PL9

Olympus PEN E-PL9 has a built-in Sensor Shift in-body image stabilization (IBIS) with 3.5 stops of compensation. This means that you are still getting vibration reduction when camera 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 PEN E-PL9

Olympus PEN E-PL9 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 PEN E-PL9

Olympus PEN E-PL9 has a built-in Bluetooth (version 4.0 LE) 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 PEN E-PL9 comes with BLS-50 battery pack with battery life of 350 shots.

External Storage Slots

Olympus PEN E-PL9 has a single SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I) card slot. Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 has a single card slot.

Shutter

Olympus PEN E-PL9 has Focal-plane (mechanical and electronic) shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/16000 sec with electronic shutter and up to 1/4000 sec with mechanical shutter on Olympus PEN E-PL9, and up to 1/2000 sec on Casio Exilim EX-ZS5. Olympus PEN E-PL9 can shoot continuously up to 8.6 fps.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Olympus PEN E-PL9 ranges from -2 to +20 EV and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Olympus PEN E-PL9 and ±2 range on Casio Exilim EX-ZS5. You can also do exposure lock and exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Olympus PEN E-PL9 and exposure bracketing on Casio Exilim EX-ZS5.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 7.60 m at ISO 200 on Olympus PEN E-PL9. Olympus PEN E-PL9 also accepts external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe. The fastest flash synchronization speed is 1/250 sec on Olympus PEN E-PL9.

Olympus PEN E-PL9 body has dimensions of 117 x 68 x 39 mm (4.61 x 2.68 x 1.54") and Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 body has dimensions of 103 x 59 x 20 mm (4.06 x 2.32 x 0.79"). Olympus PEN E-PL9 weighs 380 g (0.84 lb / 13.40 oz) and Casio Exilim EX-ZS5 weighs [].

Olympus PEN E-PL9

Casio Exilim EX-ZS5

117 mm

68 mm

103 mm

59 mm

68 mm

59 mm