Olympus FE-47 vs Ricoh GR Digital III

Lets take a more detailed look at the Olympus FE-47 vs Ricoh GR Digital III, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by manufacturers Olympus and Ricoh. There is a large difference among the resolutions of the FE-47 (14MP) and GR Digital III (10MP) and the FE-47 (1/2.3") and GR Digital III (1/1.7") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The FE-47 was released 6 months later than the GR Digital III and they are both of a similar age. Both the cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go through a detailed comparison, below is a quick summary of how the FE-47 matches up versus the GR Digital III for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus FE-47 & Ricoh GR Digital III. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus FE-47 Gallery & Ricoh GR Digital III Gallery.

If you're looking to lug around your camera frequently, you will want to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus FE-47 has external measurements of 98mm x 61mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 204 grams (0.45 lbs) while the Ricoh GR Digital III has dimensions of 109mm x 59mm x 26mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.0") with a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are using at that moment. Following is the front view dimensions comparison of the FE-47 versus the GR Digital III.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the FE-47 and GR Digital III is 93 and 92 respectively.

Generally, it's tough to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements merely by researching specs. The photograph here will help give you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-47 and GR Digital III.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FE-47 because of its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF more difficult and the Olympus FE-47 will render greater detail as a result of its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop photos far more aggressively.