Olympus FE-45 vs Sony A68

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus FE-45 and Sony A68, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap between the sensor resolutions of the FE-45 (10MP) and A68 (24MP) and the FE-45 (1/2.3") and A68 (APS-C) posses different sensor measurements.

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The FE-45 was launched 7 years before the A68 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus FE-45 being a Compact camera and the Sony A68 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go straight to a complete comparison, here is a short synopsis of how the FE-45 grades versus the A68 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-45 & Sony SLT-A68. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus FE-45 Gallery & Sony A68 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera, you are going to need to consider its weight and size. The Olympus FE-45 comes with outside dimensions of 94mm x 62mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 0.9") having a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs) whilst the Sony A68 has specifications of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 610 grams (1.34 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are using at that moment. The following is a front view measurements comparison of the FE-45 compared to the A68.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-45 and A68 is 95 and 64 respectively.

More often than not, its difficult to visualize the gap between sensor measurements purely by reviewing technical specs. The visual here should give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-45 and A68.

As you can tell, both cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FE-45 featuring a tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony A68 will offer extra detail utilizing its extra 14MP. Higher resolution will also let you crop shots way more aggressively. The older FE-45 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor tech.