Olympus FE-4000 vs Panasonic FH25

Below is a extensive analysis of the Olympus FE-4000 versus Panasonic FH25, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a large gap among the resolutions of the FE-4000 (12MP) and FH25 (16MP) but they come with the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The FE-4000 was unveiled 17 months before the FH25 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Each of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a brief summary of how the FE-4000 matches up against the FH25 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-4000 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH25. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-4000 Gallery & Panasonic FH25 Gallery.

If you are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you are going to need to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-4000 provides outside measurements of 95mm x 57mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 136 grams (0.30 lbs) while the Panasonic FH25 has measurements of 99mm x 57mm x 28mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.1") along with a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is the front view measurements comparison of the FE-4000 versus the FH25.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FE-4000 and FH25 is 95 and 94 respectively.

Typically, it is tough to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements just by looking through a spec sheet. The visual here will give you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-4000 and FH25.

As you can see, each of the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements but different resolution. You can expect to see the Panasonic FH25 to render extra detail having an extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics much more aggressively. The older FE-4000 will be behind in sensor tech.