Olympus FE-4030 vs Sony H300

Its time to take a closer look at the Olympus FE-4030 vs Sony H300, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the resolutions of the FE-4030 (14MP) and H300 (20MP) but they enjoy the same exact sensor sizes (1/2.3").

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The FE-4030 was unveiled 5 years before the H300 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras offer different body type with the Olympus FE-4030 being a Compact camera and the Sony H300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting straight into a in depth comparison, below is a short overview of how the FE-4030 matches up versus the H300 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-4030 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-4030 Gallery & Sony H300 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to carry your camera frequently, you're going to have to take into account its weight and measurements. 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) whilst the Sony H300 has proportions of 130mm x 95mm x 122mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 4.8") with a weight of 590 grams (1.30 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have at the time. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the FE-4030 vs the H300.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-4030 and H300 is 95 and 63 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to picture the difference in sensor sizing just by going through a spec sheet. The visual underneath should provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-4030 and H300.

Clearly, the two cameras enjoy the same exact sensor sizing but different MP. You can expect to see the Sony H300 to produce extra detail having an extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop images far more aggressively. The older FE-4030 will be behind when it comes to sensor tech.