Olympus E-M5 II has a
16.0MP Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm ) sized MOS sensor and features TruePic VII processor. On the other hand, Nikon D2X has a
12.0MP APS-C (23.7 x 15.7 mm ) sized CMOS sensor .
Below you can see the E-M5 Mark II and D2X sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Nikon D2X has a 1.7x Larger sensor area than Olympus E-M5 II. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Olympus E-M5 II and Nikon D2X sensors have been tested by DxoMark. DxoMark scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Of the two cameras that we are comparing, E-M5 Mark II has scored 73, 14 points higher than D2X.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Olympus E-M5 II |
73 |
23.0 bits |
12.4 Evs |
896 ISO |
Nikon D2X |
59 |
22.1 bits |
10.9 Evs |
476 ISO |