Olympus FE-45 vs Sony A560

Lets look a little more closely at the Olympus FE-45 and Sony A560, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and A560 (14MP) and the FE-45 (1/2.3") and A560 (APS-C) have different sensor sizes.

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The FE-45 was revealed 19 months prior to the A560 making them a generation apart from one another. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony A560 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a simple introduction of how the FE-45 grades against the A560 for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-45 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A560. The full galleries are available at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony A560 Gallery.

In case you're going to carry your camera often, you'll need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus FE-45 offers outside measurements of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) whilst the Sony A560 has proportions of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") with a weight of 599 grams (1.32 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you select at the time. Here is a front view proportions comparison of the FE-45 against the A560.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the FE-45 and A560 is 95 and 64 respectively.

Typically, it can be tough to picture the difference between sensor sizing merely by going over specs. The visual below should provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-45 and A560.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The FE-45 using its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony A560 will offer greater detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop pics a good deal more aggressively. The older FE-45 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.