Olympus Pen E-PL Cameras (2018) vs Nikon D780

While the Olympus Pen E-PL9 (2018) wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. ePHOTOzine, Techradar, Photography Blog, Expert Reviews, camerajabber.com, Tom's Guide, and PCmag have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

As for the Nikon D780 - it was received really well by reviewers from a couple of highly trusted sources, such as Digital Photography Review, The Phoblographer, and Rtings; it performed great in their in-depth hands-on roundups and earned the "Best DSLR over $2000" title from Digital Photography Review, "EISA Best Full Frame Camera" from The Phoblographer, and "Best DSLR Camera For Low Light" from Rtings, which indicates that this product is worthy of consideration.

We examined all of the review data that we could find and first took a look at sources that reviewed both of them, like PCmag, and found that they haven't shown a preference for either product.

Then we checked which sources liked these two Mirrorless Cameras best and found that the Olympus Pen E-PL9 (2018) got its highest, 9, review score from reviewers at ePHOTOzine, whereas the Nikon D780 earned its best score of 8.7 from Digital Photography Review.

Finally, we compared them to other Mirrorless Cameras on the market and found that the two of them got reviewed similarly to the majority of their competitors. The overall average review score for Mirrorless Cameras in general is 7.9 out of 10, whereas the Olympus Pen E-PL9 (2018) and Nikon D780 managed averages of 7.9 and 7.8 points, respectively.

It should be noted that it might not be entirely fair to do a direct Olympus Pen E-PL9 (2018) vs. Nikon D780 comparison due to the difference in their pricing; some sources have a tendency to review more premium products better than more affordable ones.