As well as being compared against other compacts, the Pentax Optio M50 is also often compared to ultra compacts and entry-level DSLRs. The Pentax Optio M50's top rivals come from Pentax (such as the Optio M60 and the Optio M30) and Canon (such as the EOS Digital Rebel XS)
Generally, compared to other compact competitors the Pentax M50 is older (january 2008 vs july 2008).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Pentax M50 compared to ultra compact competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (36 mm vs 38 mm), slightly higher maximum light sensitivity (6,400 ISO vs 3,200 ISO) and is newer (january 2008 vs january 2007).
However, on average it has a slightly narrower aperture (f/3.5 vs f/3.1) and is thicker (0.9" vs 0.7").
Generally, some of the advantages of the Pentax M50 compared to entry-level DSLR competitors include: it records higher quality movies (480p vs none), is much smaller (compact (95×55×24 mm) vs prosumer size (126×98×65 mm)), is thinner (0.9" vs 2.6") and is much lighter (130 g vs 502 g).
However, on average it takes much lower resolution photos (8 MP vs 10.1 MP), doesn't shoot as fast continuously (1.4 fps vs 3 fps), has a much smaller sensor (1/2.7" 5.68x4.26mm vs APS-C 22.2x14.8mm), doesn't have a viewfinder (none vs pentamirror) and is older (january 2008 vs june 2008).
