Olympus FE-25 vs Ricoh GR

Its time to look closer at the Olympus FE-25 versus Ricoh GR, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Ricoh. There is a noticeable difference among the sensor resolutions of the FE-25 (10MP) and GR (16MP) and the FE-25 (1/2.3") and GR (APS-C) feature totally different sensor measurements.

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The FE-25 was launched 5 years before the GR and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-25 being a Ultracompact camera and the Ricoh GR being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting in to a more detailed comparison, below is a brief introduction of how the FE-25 matches up against the GR with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-25 & Ricoh GR. The complete galleries are available at Olympus FE-25 Gallery & Ricoh GR Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to carry your camera, you will want to think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-25 enjoys exterior dimensions of 93mm x 62mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") along with a weight of n/a grams (0.00 lbs) and the Ricoh GR has measurements of 117mm x 61mm x 35mm (4.6" x 2.4" x 1.4") along with a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen during that time. Here is the front view size comparison of the FE-25 vs the GR.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the FE-25 and GR is 98 and 90 respectively.

Often, its difficult to visualise the contrast in sensor sizing merely by going through technical specs. The photograph here should provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the FE-25 and GR.

As you can tell, both of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The FE-25 featuring a smaller sensor will make shooting shallow DOF harder and the Ricoh GR will show more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older FE-25 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.