Olympus FE-25 vs Olympus SP-800 UZ

Let's look more closely at the Olympus FE-25 and Olympus SP-800 UZ, former is a Ultracompact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are sold by Olympus. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the FE-25 (10MP) and SP-800 UZ (14MP) but they possess the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The FE-25 was introduced 13 months prior to the SP-800 UZ which makes the cameras a generation away from one another. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-25 being a Ultracompact camera and the Olympus SP-800 UZ being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a simple summary of how the FE-25 matches up against the SP-800 UZ with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-25 & Olympus SP-800 UZ. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-25 Gallery & Olympus SP-800 UZ Gallery.

In case you're going to carry around your camera often, you're going to have to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus FE-25 offers outer dimensions of 93mm x 62mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") having a weight of n/a grams (0.00 lbs) while the Olympus SP-800 UZ has specifications of 110mm x 90mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.5" x 3.6") and a weight of 455 grams (1.00 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are employing during that time. The following is the front view dimensions comparison of the FE-25 compared to the SP-800 UZ.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FE-25 and SP-800 UZ is 98 and 69 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the difference in sensor sizes merely by viewing specs. The pic below may offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-25 and SP-800 UZ.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements albeit different resolution. You can count on the Olympus SP-800 UZ to provide you with more detail using its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The more aged FE-25 will be behind in sensor technology.