Olympus FE-25 vs Samsung NX500

Lets look closer at the Olympus FE-25 versus Samsung NX500, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by manufacturers Olympus and Samsung. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the FE-25 (10MP) and NX500 (28MP) and the FE-25 (1/2.3") and NX500 (APS-C) have totally different sensor sizes.

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The FE-25 was introduced 7 years earlier than the NX500 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus FE-25 being a Ultracompact camera and the Samsung NX500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a quick view of how the FE-25 scores vs the NX500 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-25 & Samsung NX500. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus FE-25 Gallery & Samsung NX500 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera, you will want to think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-25 has got 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) whilst the Samsung NX500 has measurements of 120mm x 64mm x 43mm (4.7" x 2.5" x 1.7") along with a weight of 287 grams (0.63 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you choose at the time. Following is a front view scale comparison of the FE-25 against the NX500.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FE-25 and NX500 is 98 and 87 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to see the gap in sensor measurements purely by researching specs. The visual here may provide you a more clear sense of the sensor dimensions in the FE-25 and NX500.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FE-25 with its smaller sensor will make shooting shallow DOF more challenging and the Samsung NX500 will result in extra detail using its extra 18MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The older FE-25 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.