Olympus FE-45 vs Sony A6100

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony A6100, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference among the image resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and A6100 (24MP) and the FE-45 (1/2.3") and A6100 (APS-C) provide different sensor measurements.

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The FE-45 was released 11 years before the A6100 which is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6100 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going into a full comparison, here is a brief summary of how the FE-45 grades versus the A6100 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-45 & Sony Alpha a6100. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony A6100 Gallery.

For those who are going to carry around your camera often, you'll have to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-45 has outer dimensions of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") having a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) while the Sony A6100 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 59mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.3") accompanied by a weight of 396 grams (0.87 lbs).

Analyze the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony A6100 in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen during that time. Underneath is a front view over all size comparison of the FE-45 against the A6100.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the FE-45 and A6100 is 95 and 81 respectively.

Often, its difficult to imagine the difference in sensor sizes merely by looking through specs. The image below should give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-45 and A6100.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The FE-45 because of its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field trickier and the Sony A6100 will result in more detail as a result of its extra 14MP. Higher resolution will also let you crop pictures a good deal more aggressively. The more aged FE-45 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.