Olympus FE-3010 vs Panasonic ZS100

Below is a extensive overview of the Olympus FE-3010 versus Panasonic ZS100, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a substantial gap among the resolutions of the FE-3010 (12MP) and ZS100 (20MP) and the FE-3010 (1/2.3") and ZS100 (1") enjoy different sensor sizes.

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The FE-3010 was manufactured 8 years prior to the ZS100 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-3010 being a Ultracompact camera and the Panasonic ZS100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a thorough comparison, below is a short summation of how the FE-3010 scores versus the ZS100 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-3010 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100. The entire galleries are available at Olympus FE-3010 Gallery & Panasonic ZS100 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you should take into account its weight and size. The Olympus FE-3010 has external measurements of 93mm x 56mm x 18mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 108 grams (0.24 lbs) while the Panasonic ZS100 has specifications of 111mm x 65mm x 44mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") along with a weight of 312 grams (0.69 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you choose at that moment. The following is the front view measurement comparison of the FE-3010 vs the ZS100.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-3010 and ZS100 is 97 and 87 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to picture the gap in sensor measurements just by viewing specifications. The graphic underneath will help give you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-3010 and ZS100.

To sum up, both of those cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FE-3010 because of its smaller sensor is going to make getting bokeh harder and the Panasonic ZS100 will render greater detail due to its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older FE-3010 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.