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You are here: Home / Comparisons / The High ISO Battle: Fuji X100s vs Olympus Pen E-P5 Gallery!

The High ISO Battle: Fuji X100s vs Olympus Pen E-P5 Gallery!

09/07/2013 By Mathieu 6 Comments

Late last night, on the streets of Turin, a battle of epic proportions took place. Not of the likes of Batman versus Bane, or Spiderman versus the Goblin – no, this battle was far more dark, more sinister, the result of a lifelong rivalry between two adversaries, bedeviled by a deep desire to come out on top, and to be recognized as the best of the best…

Okay, okay – now that I’ve got your attention, we can ditch the dramatic introduction. The truth is – a great battle did happen last night, between two cameras which have succeeded in impressing photographers even on a professional level despite their small size: the Fujifilm X100s and the Olympus Pen E-P5.

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E-P5 vs X100s

Both are very new releases. The X100s was released in March 2013, while the Pen E-P5 arrived in stores just a few days ago. They both deliver excellent image quality, and as two of the flagships from Fujifilm and Olympus, they can also be considered direct competitors within the mirrorless sector.

Since ISO is such a hot topic, Mathieu and I decided to focus on comparing the high ISO performance of these two cameras by creating the image gallery you see below. The images between 1600 and 6400 ISO are JPGs converted from RAW files, whereas 12800 and 25600 ISO are on-camera JPGs. We chose to divide them as such because the X100s will only shoot up to 6400 in RAW, and it would be unfair to compare RAW files from the Pen with JPGs from the Fuji.

With the E-P5, I used the M.Zuiko 12mm. Mathieu, of course, was limited to the 23mm lens (35mm equivalent on 35mm format) of the X100s.

Keep in mind that this is not a scientific test but a ‘world’ test. Nope, you won’t see any magnifying glasses or measuring sticks here.

E-P5, 1/40, f/ 2, ISO 1600
X100S, 1/30, f/ 2, ISO 1600
E-P5, 1/25, f/ 2, ISO 1600
X100S, 1/80, f/ 2, ISO 1600
E-P5, 1/500, f/ 2, ISO 1600
X100S, 1/125, f/ 2.8, ISO 1600
E-P5, 1/1600, f/ 2, ISO 3200
X100S, 1/60, f/ 5.6, ISO 3200
E-P5, 1/125, f/ 2, ISO 3200
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2, ISO 3200
E-P5, 1/125, f/ 2, ISO 3200
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2, ISO 3200
E-P5, 1/60, f/ 3.6, ISO 6400
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2, ISO 6400
E-P5, 1/50, f/ 3.5, ISO 6400
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2.8, ISO 6400
E-P5, 1/320, f/ 2, ISO 6400
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2, ISO 6400
E-P5, 1/125, f/ 4.5, ISO 12800
X100S, 1/125, f/ 2.8, ISO 12800
E-P5, 1/250, f/ 2, ISO 12800
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2.8, ISO 12800
E-P5, 1/250, f/ 2, ISO 12800
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2.8, ISO 12800
E-P5, 1/800, f/ 2, ISO 25600
X100S, 1/60, f/ 2.8, ISO 25600
E-P5, 1/1600, f/ 2, ISO 25600
X100S, 1/125, f/ 2.8, ISO 25600

What are your thoughts? Do you feel that one camera outperforms the other from the examples you see here?

Filed Under: Comparisons, Mirrorless camera comparisons, Olympus vs Fuji Tagged With: ep5 vs x100s, fuji x100s vs pen ep5, fujifilm x100s vs olympus pen ep5, pen ep5 vs fuji x100s, x100s ep5 high iso, x100s ep5 iso performance, x100s vs ep5

About Mathieu

Mathieu Gasquet is a professional photographer with French and Italian origins. Besides running his own video and photography studio 3Dit Lab, he is also the official photographer for the National Cinema Museum in Turin. You can follow him on Google+, Twitter or Facebook!

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