Fujifilm S3 Pro vs Ricoh PX

Lets look more closely at the Fujifilm S3 Pro vs Ricoh PX, one being a Pro DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers FujiFilm and Ricoh. There is a crucial difference between the resolutions of the Fujifilm S3 Pro (6MP) and PX (16MP) and the Fujifilm S3 Pro (APS-C) and PX (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizing.

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The Fujifilm S3 Pro was brought out 7 years before the PX and that is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Fujifilm S3 Pro being a Large SLR camera and the Ricoh PX being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a in depth comparison, here is a brief highlight of how the Fujifilm S3 Pro matches up vs the PX in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Ricoh PX. The entire galleries are provided at Fujifilm S3 Pro Gallery and Ricoh PX Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Fujifilm S3 Pro offers outer dimensions of 148mm x 135mm x 80mm (5.8" x 5.3" x 3.1") and a weight of 930 grams (2.05 lbs) whilst the Ricoh PX has dimensions of 100mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 156 grams (0.34 lbs).

Look at the Fujifilm S3 Pro vs Ricoh PX in the new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you are working with at that moment. Below is a front view overall size comparison of the Fujifilm S3 Pro and the PX.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the Fujifilm S3 Pro and PX is 54 and 95 respectively.

In many cases, its hard to visualize the difference between sensor measurements simply by reviewing a spec sheet. The graphic underneath will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the Fujifilm S3 Pro and PX.

As you can see, both the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The Fujifilm S3 Pro featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF easier and the Ricoh PX will deliver extra detail having its extra 10MP. Greater resolution will also help you crop photos a bit more aggressively. The older Fujifilm S3 Pro is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.