Olympus FE-4030 vs Olympus E-M10 II

Let's look much closer at the Olympus FE-4030 and Olympus E-M10 II, one is a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and both are built by Olympus. The image resolution of the FE-4030 (14MP) and the E-M10 II (16MP) is very close but the FE-4030 (1/2.3") and E-M10 II (Four Thirds) posses different sensor sizing.

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The FE-4030 was launched 6 years prior to the E-M10 II which is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus FE-4030 being a Compact camera and the Olympus E-M10 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before going into a full comparison, here is a brief summation of how the FE-4030 matches up against the E-M10 II in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-4030 and Olympus OM-D E-M10 II. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus FE-4030 Gallery and Olympus E-M10 II Gallery.

For those who are looking to travel with your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-4030 provides outer dimensions of 93mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") along with a weight of 146 grams (0.32 lbs) while the Olympus E-M10 II has sizing of 120mm x 83mm x 47mm (4.7" x 3.3" x 1.9") and a weight of 390 grams (0.86 lbs).

See the Olympus FE-4030 and Olympus E-M10 II in the all new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you use during that time. Below is a front view physical size comparison of the FE-4030 vs the E-M10 II.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the FE-4030 and E-M10 II is 95 and 82 respectively.

Often, it is hard to picture the difference in sensor dimensions simply by looking through specs. The picture below may provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the FE-4030 and E-M10 II.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The FE-4030 because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field more challenging and the Olympus E-M10 II will provide you with greater detail utilizing its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos a bit more aggressively. The more aged FE-4030 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.