Olympus FE-47 vs Pentax K-70

Lets look more closely at the Olympus FE-47 versus Pentax K-70, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by manufacturers Olympus and Pentax. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the FE-47 (14MP) and K-70 (24MP) and the FE-47 (1/2.3") and K-70 (APS-C) offer totally different sensor measurements.

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The FE-47 was introduced 7 years prior to the K-70 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus FE-47 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-70 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go right into a full comparison, here is a simple summation of how the FE-47 matches up against the K-70 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-47 & Pentax K-70. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-47 Gallery & Pentax K-70 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry around your camera frequently, you're going to have to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-47 offers physical dimensions of 98mm x 61mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 1.1") along with a weight of 204 grams (0.45 lbs) while the Pentax K-70 has sizing of 126mm x 93mm x 74mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 2.9") accompanied by a weight of 688 grams (1.52 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at the time. The following is a front view scale comparison of the FE-47 compared to the K-70.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the FE-47 and K-70 is 93 and 62 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to envision the contrast between sensor sizes simply by reading through specs. The picture here may provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the FE-47 and K-70.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The FE-47 having a tinier sensor will make getting shallower depth of field harder and the Pentax K-70 will give you more detail using its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop pictures more aggressively. The more aged FE-47 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.