Fujifilm S1500 vs Pentax WG-3 GPS

Let's take a deeper look at the Fujifilm S1500 versus Pentax WG-3 GPS, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Waterproof by competitors FujiFilm and Pentax. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the Fujifilm S1500 (10MP) and WG-3 GPS (16MP) but both cameras offer the identical sensor sizing (1/2.3").

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The Fujifilm S1500 was manufactured 5 years prior to the WG-3 GPS and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Fujifilm S1500 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera and the Pentax WG-3 GPS being a Compact camera.

Before diving right into a full comparison, here is a brief summation of how the Fujifilm S1500 matches up vs the WG-3 GPS in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Fujifilm FinePix S1500 & Pentax WG-3 GPS. The entire galleries are available at Fujifilm S1500 Gallery & Pentax WG-3 GPS Gallery.

If you are looking to lug around your camera often, you'll have to take into account its weight and volume. The Fujifilm S1500 features external measurements of 103mm x 73mm x 68mm (4.1" x 2.9" x 2.7") accompanied by a weight of 345 grams (0.76 lbs) while the Pentax WG-3 GPS has sizing of 125mm x 64mm x 33mm (4.9" x 2.5" x 1.3") having a weight of 238 grams (0.52 lbs).

Check out the Fujifilm S1500 versus Pentax WG-3 GPS in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilizing during that time. Underneath is a front view over all size comparison of the Fujifilm S1500 vs the WG-3 GPS.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the Fujifilm S1500 and WG-3 GPS is 82 and 90 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to visualise the gap in sensor measurements just by seeing specs. The graphic here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the Fujifilm S1500 and WG-3 GPS.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras feature the identical sensor size albeit not the same MP. You can expect the Pentax WG-3 GPS to provide more detail due to its extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older Fujifilm S1500 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.