Olympus FE-45 vs Sony RX100 II

Its time to look a little more closely at the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony RX100 II, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Large Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the image resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and RX100 II (20MP) and the FE-45 (1/2.3") and RX100 II (1") possess totally different sensor sizes.

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The FE-45 was announced 5 years prior to the RX100 II and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving through a comprehensive comparison, below is a simple summary of how the FE-45 matches up vs the RX100 II in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-45 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II. The whole galleries are available at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony RX100 II Gallery.

If you are planning to carry your camera often, you will need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus FE-45 provides exterior dimensions of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") and a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) while the Sony RX100 II has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 38mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.5") with a weight of 281 grams (0.62 lbs).

Look at the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony RX100 II in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are using at the time. The following is the front view size comparison of the FE-45 versus the RX100 II.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the FE-45 and RX100 II is 95 and 89 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to see the contrast between sensor sizing just by checking specs. The photograph underneath will offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-45 and RX100 II.

All in all, both of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The FE-45 using its tinier sensor will make shooting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony RX100 II will resolve greater detail with its extra 10MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older FE-45 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.