Olympus FE-5020 vs Sony QX100

Following is a extended analysis of the Olympus FE-5020 vs Sony QX100, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the FE-5020 (12MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the FE-5020 (1/2.3") and QX100 (1") come with totally different sensor size.

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The FE-5020 was launched 5 years before the QX100 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Olympus FE-5020 being a Compact camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before getting straight into a complete comparison, below is a short overview of how the FE-5020 scores vs the QX100 for portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus FE-5020 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus FE-5020 Gallery & Sony QX100 Gallery.

If you are intending to carry around your camera, you are going to need to take into account its weight and size. The Olympus FE-5020 provides 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 QX100 has specifications of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") and a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Here is the front view over all size comparison of the FE-5020 vs the QX100.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FE-5020 and QX100 is 95 and 92 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the difference between sensor sizes purely by checking technical specs. The picture below might offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the FE-5020 and QX100.

As you have seen, both of the cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The FE-5020 featuring a tinier sensor will make shooting shallow depth of field more difficult and the Sony QX100 will resolve extra detail utilizing its extra 8MP. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop images far more aggressively. The more aged FE-5020 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.