Olympus FE-3010 vs Olympus E-M5

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus FE-3010 and Olympus E-M5, one being a Ultracompact and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless and both of them are created by Olympus. There is a big difference among the resolutions of the FE-3010 (12MP) and E-M5 (16MP) and the FE-3010 (1/2.3") and E-M5 (Four Thirds) feature different sensor size.

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The FE-3010 was announced 4 years earlier than the E-M5 and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-3010 being a Ultracompact camera and the Olympus E-M5 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before we go straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief summary of how the FE-3010 scores vs the E-M5 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-3010 and Olympus OM-D E-M5. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus FE-3010 Gallery and Olympus E-M5 Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-3010 comes with outside dimensions of 93mm x 56mm x 18mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") having a weight of 108 grams (0.24 lbs) whilst the Olympus E-M5 has sizing of 122mm x 89mm x 43mm (4.8" x 3.5" x 1.7") and a weight of 425 grams (0.94 lbs).

Analyze the Olympus FE-3010 and Olympus E-M5 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen during that time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the FE-3010 vs the E-M5.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the FE-3010 and E-M5 is 97 and 81 respectively.

Generally, its hard to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements purely by viewing a spec sheet. The photograph below may offer you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-3010 and E-M5.

Clearly, both of these cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FE-3010 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field tougher and the Olympus E-M5 will result in extra detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older FE-3010 will be behind in sensor innovation.