Olympus FE-5020 vs Sony A6600

Lets take a more detailed look at the Olympus FE-5020 and Sony A6600, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap between the sensor resolutions of the FE-5020 (12MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the FE-5020 (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) come with different sensor measurements.

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The FE-5020 was announced 11 years earlier than the A6600 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus FE-5020 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting through a in-depth comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the FE-5020 scores vs the A6600 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus FE-5020 and Sony Alpha a6600. The whole galleries are available at Olympus FE-5020 Gallery and Sony A6600 Gallery.

For those who are looking to carry your camera regularly, you need to factor its weight and volume. The Olympus FE-5020 offers outside measurements of 93mm x 56mm x 25mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 137 grams (0.30 lbs) whilst the Sony A6600 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") with a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have at that time. Below is the front view scale comparison of the FE-5020 vs the A6600.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FE-5020 and A6600 is 95 and 77 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the gap between sensor sizing only by checking specifications. The graphic underneath will help give you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the FE-5020 and A6600.

To sum up, the two cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The FE-5020 with its tinier sensor is going to make achieving bokeh trickier and the Sony A6600 will give you more detail with its extra 12MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older FE-5020 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.