Olympus FE-4030 vs Sony A7c

Below, we will be contrasting the Olympus FE-4030 vs Sony A7c, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by brands Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap among the image resolutions of the FE-4030 (14MP) and A7c (24MP) and the FE-4030 (1/2.3") and A7c (Full frame) use different sensor dimensions.

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The FE-4030 was released 11 years earlier than the A7c and that is a fairly large gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-4030 being a Compact camera and the Sony A7c being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving in to a full comparison, below is a quick introduction of how the FE-4030 scores against the A7c for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-4030 and Sony Alpha A7c. The complete galleries are available at Olympus FE-4030 Gallery and Sony A7c Gallery.

For anybody who is looking to carry your camera frequently, you are going to need to think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-4030 features external 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) and the Sony A7c has measurements of 124mm x 71mm x 60mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 2.4") accompanied by a weight of 509 grams (1.12 lbs).

Compare the Olympus FE-4030 vs Sony A7c in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are using at the time. The following is the front view physical size comparison of the FE-4030 compared to the A7c.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FE-4030 and A7c is 95 and 78 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to picture the difference in sensor sizing purely by seeing a spec sheet. The graphic below should provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the FE-4030 and A7c.

As you can see, each of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The FE-4030 due to its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony A7c will show more detail as a result of its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older FE-4030 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.