Olympus FE-25 vs Sigma DP3 Merrill

Its time to look a bit more in depth at the Olympus FE-25 vs Sigma DP3 Merrill, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sigma. There exists a large gap among the image resolutions of the FE-25 (10MP) and DP3 Merrill (15MP) and the FE-25 (1/2.3") and DP3 Merrill (APS-C) offer totally different sensor dimensions.

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The FE-25 was unveiled 5 years prior to the DP3 Merrill and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras have different body design with the Olympus FE-25 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sigma DP3 Merrill being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving right into a in depth comparison, here is a quick introduction of how the FE-25 matches up versus the DP3 Merrill with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-25 & Sigma DP3 Merrill. The full galleries are available at Olympus FE-25 Gallery & Sigma DP3 Merrill Gallery.

When you are aiming to lug around your camera frequently, you need to think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-25 comes with external measurements of 93mm x 62mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of n/a grams (0.00 lbs) whilst the Sigma DP3 Merrill has measurements of 122mm x 67mm x 59mm (4.8" x 2.6" x 2.3") having a weight of 330 grams (0.73 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at that time. Here is a front view measurements comparison of the FE-25 versus the DP3 Merrill.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-25 and DP3 Merrill is 98 and 83 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor measurements simply by viewing technical specs. The visual underneath may offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the FE-25 and DP3 Merrill.

As you have seen, each of these cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FE-25 having a smaller sensor will make getting bokeh trickier and the Sigma DP3 Merrill will result in extra detail having an extra 5MP. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The older FE-25 will be behind in sensor tech.