Olympus E-3 vs Panasonic FX700

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-3 versus Panasonic FX700, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the E-3 (10MP) and FX700 (14MP) and the E-3 (Four Thirds) and FX700 (1/2.3") use different sensor sizes.

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The E-3 was released 3 years before the FX700 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-3 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Panasonic FX700 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a more detailed comparison, below is a brief summary of how the E-3 matches up vs the FX700 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-3 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-3 Gallery & Panasonic FX700 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-3 comes with physical dimensions of 142mm x 116mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") with a weight of 890 grams (1.96 lbs) while the Panasonic FX700 has dimensions of 104mm x 56mm x 25mm (4.1" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 176 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-3 compared to the FX700.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-3 and FX700 is 56 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, it is hard to visualize the difference between sensor measurements just by reading a spec sheet. The photograph underneath should give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-3 and FX700.

Clearly, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-3 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh simpler and the Panasonic FX700 will offer you more detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older E-3 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.