Fujifilm JX500 vs Olympus E-620

Below is a complete overview of the Fujifilm JX500 vs Olympus E-620, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by manufacturers FujiFilm and Olympus. The sensor resolution of the Fujifilm JX500 (14MP) and the E-620 (12MP) is pretty similar but the Fujifilm JX500 (1/2.3") and E-620 (Four Thirds) feature different sensor sizes.

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The Fujifilm JX500 was manufactured 2 years later than the E-620 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Fujifilm JX500 being a Compact camera and the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a brief summary of how the Fujifilm JX500 grades vs the E-620 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Fujifilm FinePix JX500 & Olympus E-620. The entire galleries are available at Fujifilm JX500 Gallery & Olympus E-620 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera often, you should think about its weight and volume. The Fujifilm JX500 comes with physical dimensions of 100mm x 56mm x 24mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") and a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs) and the Olympus E-620 has sizing of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") along with a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at that moment. Here is the front view physical size comparison of the Fujifilm JX500 versus the E-620.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the Fujifilm JX500 and E-620 is 95 and 71 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to picture the contrast between sensor measurements just by going over specs. The visual here will provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the Fujifilm JX500 and E-620.

All in all, each of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The Fujifilm JX500 due to its tinier sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field more challenging and the Fujifilm JX500 will deliver more detail due to its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more recent Fujifilm JX500 should have a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.