Olympus FE-5010 vs Sony A77

Here is a extended overview of the Olympus FE-5010 and Sony A77, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Advanced DSLR by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the FE-5010 (12MP) and A77 (24MP) and the FE-5010 (1/2.3") and A77 (APS-C) have totally different sensor dimensions.

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The FE-5010 was announced 3 years before the A77 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus FE-5010 being a Compact camera and the Sony A77 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a brief highlight of how the FE-5010 matches up vs the A77 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus FE-5010 & Sony SLT-A77. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus FE-5010 Gallery & Sony A77 Gallery.

When you are planning to carry your camera, you'll need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus FE-5010 offers external dimensions of 96mm x 57mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 130 grams (0.29 lbs) and the Sony A77 has measurements of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") with a weight of 732 grams (1.61 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that time. Following is a front view scale comparison of the FE-5010 vs the A77.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the FE-5010 and A77 is 96 and 59 respectively.

Sometimes, it is very hard to envision the contrast in sensor sizing only by viewing a spec sheet. The graphic here will help give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the FE-5010 and A77.

As you can see, both cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The FE-5010 using its smaller sensor will make getting shallower DOF trickier and the Sony A77 will provide you with more detail with its extra 12 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop pictures more aggressively. The older FE-5010 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.