Size and weight is a big decision factor when you are trying to find the ideal camera for your needs.
In this section, We are going to illustrate Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 side-by-side from the front, back and top in their relative dimensions. Panasonic G9 has external dimensions of 137 x 97 x 92 mm (5.39 x 3.82 x 3.62″) and weighs 658 g (1.45 lb / 23.21 oz) (including batteries). Sony a5000 has external dimensions of 110 x 63 x 36 mm (4.33 x 2.48 x 1.42″) and weighs 269 g (0.59 lb / 9.49 oz) (including batteries).
Below you can see the front view size comparison of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000. Sony a5000 is clearly the smaller of the two cameras. Its body is 27mm narrower, 34mm shorter and 56mm thinner than Panasonic G9.
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Comparison image of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 Size, Weight and External Dimensions - Front View
Here is the back view size comparison of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000.
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Comparison image of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 Size and Weight - Back View
Now lets look at the top view comparison of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000.
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Top View Comparison image of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 Size
Weight is another important factor especially when deciding on a camera that you want to carry with you all day.
Sony a5000 is significantly lighter (389g ) than the Panasonic G9 which may become a big advantage especially on long walking trips.
Also keep in mind that body weight is not the only deciding factor when comparing two interchangeable camera bodies, you have to also take into account the lenses that you will be using with these bodies. Since Sony a5000 has an APS-C sized sensor and Panasonic G9 has a smaller Four Thirds sensor, Panasonic G9's lenses for a similar focal length and aperture will generally be lighter and smaller than the Sony a5000 lenses.
Weight Comparison
Mirrorless Cameras
Thickness Comparison
Mirrorless Cameras
Weather Sealing
With its weather sealed body, we believe that G9 has a big advantage over a5000 which doesn't provide any kind of environmental sealing.
LCD Screen Size and Features
Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000's LCD screens has the same diagonal size of 3".
Sony a5000 features a
Tilting only screen which is mostly only good for shooting from waist or over the head levels. On the other hand, Panasonic G9 sports a
Fully Articulated screen which is more flexible and useful especially for taking Selfie shots and video.
Both Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 have 20.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic G9's sensor is Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm ) and Sony a5000's sensor is APS-C (23.2 x 15.4 mm ).
Since Sony a5000's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Panasonic G9.
Another difference between these two cameras is that Panasonic G9's sensor lacks anti-alias (Low-Pass) filter. Removing anti-alias filter increases the sharpness and level of detail but at the same time, it increases the chance of moire occurring in certain scenes.
Below you can see the G9 and a5000 sensor size comparison.
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Sensor Size and Resolution Comparison image of Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 Cameras
As seen above, Sony a5000 has a 1.6x Larger sensor area than Panasonic G9. 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.
Number of available lenses is a big decision factor while choosing your interchangeable lens camera. When we look at the available lenses for these two cameras, we see that Sony a5000 has an advantage over Panasonic G9 There are 123 lenses for Sony a5000's Sony E mount, on the other hand there are only 107 lenses for Panasonic G9's Micro Four Thirds lens mount.
Another important factor is the availability of image stabilization. Panasonic G9 has a big advantage in this regard because it has a sensor based image stabilization (IS) which means that all the lenses mounted to this body will be stabilized. G9's built-in Image stabilization system is effective to compensate vibration up to 6.5-stops according to CIPA standards.30 lenses for Sony E mount with Optical Image Stabilization features.
| Lens Type |
# of Panasonic G9 Lenses |
# of Sony a5000 Lenses |
| Standard Zoom |
15 |
12 |
| Standard Prime |
13 |
18 |
| Wideangle Zoom |
5 |
7 |
| Wideangle Prime |
29 |
39 |
| Telephoto Zoom |
18 |
9 |
| Telephoto Prime |
9 |
18 |
| SuperZoom |
8 |
8 |
| Wideangle Fisheye Prime |
5 |
2 |
| Macro Prime |
4 |
8 |
| Perspective Control Prime |
n/a |
2 |
| Telephoto Mirror Prime |
1 |
n/a |
| TOTAL |
107 |
123 |
Now let's compare some sample lenses from each mount with typical Focal ranges for Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 to see how these lenses compares:
Fast Standard Zoom Lenses
Fast Tele Zoom Equivalent Lenses
Fast Normal Prime Equivalent Lenses
Fast Wideangle Zoom Equivalent Lenses
24-105mm f4 Equivalent Lenses
Super-Tele Zoom Equivalent Lenses
In this section, we rank and compare Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 for five different photography types in order to make your decision process easier in case you are specifically interested in one or more of these areas.
Panasonic G9 for Portrait Photography
Sony a5000 for Portrait Photography
Large Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
Read the details
Large APS-C (23.2 x 15.4 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP
Average Ergonomics&Handling
No Image Stabilization
No Built-in Viewfinder
Read the details
Panasonic G9 for Street Photography
Sony a5000 for Street Photography
Large Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
Fully Articulated LCD Screen
Medium sized Body
Read the details
Large APS-C (23.2 x 15.4 mm) sensor
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
Tilting LCD Screen
Medium sized Body
No Image Stabilization
No Built-in Viewfinder
Read the details
Panasonic G9 for Sports Photography
Sony a5000 for Sports Photography
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
Fast Continuous Shooting: 20.0fps
Environmental Sealings
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/8000s
225 Focus Points
Wireless Connection
Read the details
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/4000s
25 Focus Points
Good Low Light ISO
Wireless Connection
Average Ergonomics&Handling
Average Continuous Shooting: 4.0fps
No Image Stabilization
No Built-in Viewfinder
Environmental Sealings
Read the details
Panasonic G9 for Daily Photography
Sony a5000 for Daily Photography
Large Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor
Environmental Sealings
Medium size Body
658g
Body Thickness 92mm
Read the details
Panasonic G9 for Landscape Photography
Sony a5000 for Landscape Photography
Large Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP
Environmental Sealings
Live-view
Read the details
Large APS-C (23.2 x 15.4 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP
Live-view
No Environmental Sealings
Read the details
You may have already made your decision about which camera suits better for your needs and your budget so far but in case you wonder how we rated Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000, below you can find their scores in five different aspects.
Our Decision Algorithm dynamically scores cameras using 63 different specs, current price and DxO Mark scores (where possible) in order to make a more objective and consistent comparison.
Here is a summary of how Panasonic G9 and Sony a5000 scores compare:
Panasonic G9
Ranked
#35 out of 85 in SLR-style mirrorless cameras
Ranked
#59 out of 1219 in all Cameras
Sony a5000
Ranked
#50 out of 126 in Rangefinder-style mirrorless cameras
Ranked
#269 out of 1219 in all Cameras
Panasonic G9 has a higher Overall Score than the Sony a5000 and would be our choice if we have to decide between these two cameras.
| General |
Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 |
Sony Alpha a5000 |
| Brand |
Panasonic |
Sony |
| Announced |
2017-11-08 |
2014-01-07 |
| Body Type |
SLR-style mirrorless |
Rangefinder-style mirrorless |
Sensor |
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| Type |
CMOS |
CMOS |
| Size |
Four Thirds |
APS-C |
| Dimensions |
17.3 x 13 mm |
23.2 x 15.4 mm |
| Area |
224.90mm2 |
357.28mm2 |
| Megapixels |
20 megapixels |
20 megapixels |
| Max Resolution |
5184 x 3888 |
5456 x 3632 |
| Max Native Light sensitivity |
25,600 ISO |
16,000 ISO |
| Min Native Light sensitivity |
200 ISO |
100 ISO |
| Min Boosted Light Sensitivity |
100 ISO |
- |
| RAW Support |
|
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Autofocus |
|
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| AF Touch |
|
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| AF Continuous |
|
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| AF Single |
|
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| AF Tracking |
|
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| AF Selective |
|
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| AF Center |
|
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| AF Multi Area |
|
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| AF Live View |
|
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| AF Face Detection |
|
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| AF Contrast Detection |
|
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| AF Phase Detection |
|
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| Number of Focus Points |
225 |
25 |
Lens |
|
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| Manual Focus |
|
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| Lens Mount |
Micro Four Thirds |
Sony E |
| Number of Available Lenses |
107 |
123 |
Screen |
|
|
| Type |
Fully Articulated |
Tilting |
| Size |
3" |
3" |
| Resolution |
1,040k dots |
461k dots |
| Touch Screen |
|
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Viewfinder |
|
|
| Viewfinder |
Electronic |
None |
| Viewfinder Resolution |
3,680k dots |
no electronic viewfinder |
| Viewfinder Coverage |
100% |
n/a |
| Viewfinder Magnification |
0.83x |
n/a |
Photography Features |
|
|
| Max Mechanical Shutter |
1/8000s |
1/4000s |
| Max Electronic Shutter |
1/32000s |
n/a |
| Shutter Priority |
|
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| Aperture Priority |
|
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| Manual Exposure Mode |
|
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| Custom White Balance |
|
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| Image Stabilization |
Sensor-shift |
No |
| Built-in Flash |
|
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| Flash Range |
no built-in flash |
4.00 m (at ISO 100) |
| Max Flash Sync |
n/a |
1/160s |
| External Flash |
|
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| Continuous Shooting |
20.0 fps |
4.0 fps |
| Multi-Segment |
|
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| Average |
|
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| Spot |
|
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| Partial |
|
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| AF-Area |
|
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| Center Weighted |
|
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| AE Bracketing |
|
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| WB Bracketing |
|
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Video Features |
|
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| Max Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 |
1920 x 1080 |
| Video Formats |
MPEG-4, AVCHD, H.264 |
MPEG-4, AVCHD |
| Microphone Port |
|
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| Headphone Port |
|
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Connectivity |
|
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| Wireless Connectivity |
Built-In |
Built-In |
| HDMI |
|
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Physical |
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| Environmental Sealing |
|
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| Weight |
658g |
269g |
| Dimensions |
137 x 97 x 92mm |
110 x 63 x 36mm |
| Battery Life |
400 shots |
420 shots |
Other Features |
|
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| Timelapse Recording |
|
With Downloadable App |
| GPS |
None |
None |
DxO Sensor Scores |
|
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| DxO Overall Score |
not tested |
79 |
| DxO Color Depth |
not tested |
23.8 |
| DxO Dynamic Range |
not tested |
13.0 |
| DxO Low Light ISO |
not tested |
1089 |
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