Olympus E-410 vs Panasonic FH25

Below is a comprehensive overview of the Olympus E-410 and Panasonic FH25, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a crucial gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and FH25 (16MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and FH25 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The E-410 was launched 4 years earlier than the FH25 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Panasonic FH25 being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a detailed comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the E-410 matches up vs the FH25 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-410 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH25. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-410 Gallery and Panasonic FH25 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you will have to factor in its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-410 comes with physical measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") having a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) and the Panasonic FH25 has measurements of 99mm x 57mm x 28mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.1") having a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you have during that time. Here is the front view dimension comparison of the E-410 vs the FH25.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-410 and FH25 is 77 and 94 respectively.

Normally, it can be hard to imagine the gap between sensor measurements purely by looking at specs. The photograph underneath should give you a more clear sense of the sensor sizing in the E-410 and FH25.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-410 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Panasonic FH25 will give more detail utilizing its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop images much more aggressively. The older E-410 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.