Olympus E-300 vs Panasonic FH10

The following is a comprehensive review of the Olympus E-300 and Panasonic FH10, former is a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and FH10 (16MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and FH10 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The E-300 was revealed 9 years earlier than the FH10 which is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Panasonic FH10 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a detailed comparison, below is a short introduction of how the E-300 grades vs the FH10 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-300 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH10. The full galleries are provided at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Panasonic FH10 Gallery.

If you're planning to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-300 enjoys external dimensions of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") with a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) while the Panasonic FH10 has dimensions of 94mm x 54mm x 18mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 103 grams (0.23 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are using at that time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the E-300 vs the FH10.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-300 and FH10 is 67 and 97 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualize the difference between sensor dimensions just by looking at a spec sheet. The image here should give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-300 and FH10.

As you can see, the 2 cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-300 having a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Panasonic FH10 will resolve extra detail because of its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images much more aggressively. The more aged E-300 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.