Olympus FE-5010 vs Sony RX100 III

Below is a extended analysis of the Olympus FE-5010 vs Sony RX100 III, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference among the resolutions of the FE-5010 (12MP) and RX100 III (20MP) and the FE-5010 (1/2.3") and RX100 III (1") possess totally different sensor measurements.

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The FE-5010 was launched 6 years before the RX100 III and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras offer different body type with the Olympus FE-5010 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 III being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the FE-5010 matches up against the RX100 III in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus FE-5010 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III. The complete galleries are available at Olympus FE-5010 Gallery & Sony RX100 III Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera, you have to factor its weight and size. The Olympus FE-5010 has got physical measurements of 96mm x 57mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 130 grams (0.29 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 III has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") and a weight of 290 grams (0.64 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you select at that moment. Below is the front view dimension comparison of the FE-5010 versus the RX100 III.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability rating of the FE-5010 and RX100 III is 96 and 89 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to envision the gap in sensor measurements merely by seeing specifications. The graphic below will help offer you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the FE-5010 and RX100 III.

To sum up, both of those cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The FE-5010 because of its smaller sensor will make shooting shallower DOF trickier and the Sony RX100 III will produce extra detail utilizing its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures a little more aggressively. The older FE-5010 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.