Olympus FE-45 vs Sony A850

Here, we will be contrasting the Olympus FE-45 and Sony A850, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Advanced DSLR by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and A850 (25MP) and the FE-45 (1/2.3") and A850 (Full frame) have different sensor size.

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The FE-45 was launched 15 months earlier than the A850 which makes them a generation away from each other. Both cameras feature different body design with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony A850 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before getting right into a more detailed comparison, here is a short highlight of how the FE-45 matches up versus the A850 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-45 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A850. The complete galleries are available at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony A850 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry around your camera, you should take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus FE-45 comes with external measurements of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") with a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) while the Sony A850 has proportions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") and a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are utilising at that time. Here is a front view overall size comparison of the FE-45 versus the A850.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the FE-45 and A850 is 95 and 54 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is very difficult to picture the difference in sensor sizes simply by viewing specs. The picture underneath may offer you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-45 and A850.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The FE-45 because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field harder and the Sony A850 will result in extra detail utilizing its extra 15 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop shots a good deal more aggressively. The more aged FE-45 will be behind in sensor tech.