Olympus E-1 vs Olympus FE-5020

Below, we will be reviewing the Olympus E-1 and Olympus FE-5020, former being a Pro DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are manufactured by Olympus. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-1 (5MP) and FE-5020 (12MP) and the E-1 (Four Thirds) and FE-5020 (1/2.3") come with different sensor measurements.

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The E-1 was revealed 6 years prior to the FE-5020 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-1 being a Large SLR camera and the Olympus FE-5020 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a brief summary of how the E-1 matches up vs the FE-5020 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-1 & Olympus FE-5020. The full galleries are provided at Olympus E-1 Gallery & Olympus FE-5020 Gallery.

In case you're aiming to lug around your camera often, you will want to think about its weight and size. The Olympus E-1 enjoys external measurements of 141mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 735 grams (1.62 lbs) while the Olympus FE-5020 has specifications of 93mm x 56mm x 25mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 1.0") and a weight of 137 grams (0.30 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilizing at the time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the E-1 compared to the FE-5020.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-1 and FE-5020 is 59 and 95 respectively.

Normally, its tough to picture the gap between sensor measurements simply by reading specs. The visual below will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-1 and FE-5020.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-1 using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Olympus FE-5020 will offer greater detail because of its extra 7 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older E-1 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.