Olympus FE-45 vs Sony TX200V

Its time to look a little more in depth at the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony TX200V, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Ultracompact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and TX200V (18MP) but they feature the exact same sensor measurements (1/2.3").

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The FE-45 was unveiled 4 years prior to the TX200V and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony TX200V being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving through a in-depth comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the FE-45 matches up vs the TX200V in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-45 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V. The full galleries are provided at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony TX200V Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you need to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-45 provides physical measurements of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") along with a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) whilst the Sony TX200V has sizing of 96mm x 58mm x 16mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.6") and a weight of 129 grams (0.28 lbs).

Check out the Olympus FE-45 versus Sony TX200V in our newest Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the FE-45 compared to the TX200V.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-45 and TX200V is 95 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to see the contrast in sensor measurements only by looking through a spec sheet. The photograph here will help give you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-45 and TX200V.

Clearly, both the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements but not the same resolution. You can expect to see the Sony TX200V to provide you with more detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images much more aggressively. The older FE-45 will be behind with regard to sensor technology.