Olympus FE-3010 vs Sony RX100

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Olympus FE-3010 versus Sony RX100, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the FE-3010 (12MP) and RX100 (20MP) and the FE-3010 (1/2.3") and RX100 (1") come with different sensor sizing.

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The FE-3010 was revealed 4 years before the RX100 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus FE-3010 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony RX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a full comparison, below is a brief view of how the FE-3010 scores vs the RX100 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-3010 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100. The full galleries are available at Olympus FE-3010 Gallery & Sony RX100 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera, you will need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus FE-3010 has got outer measurements of 93mm x 56mm x 18mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") and a weight of 108 grams (0.24 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") having a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are utilising at the time. The following is the front view measurement comparison of the FE-3010 against the RX100.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-3010 and RX100 is 97 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, its tough to imagine the difference between sensor measurements merely by checking technical specs. The photograph here may provide you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-3010 and RX100.

As you have seen, both cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FE-3010 having a tinier sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony RX100 will give greater detail because of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop pictures far more aggressively. The older FE-3010 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.