Olympus VG-145 vs Panasonic ZS40

Lets look a bit more in depth at the Olympus VG-145 vs Panasonic ZS40, former is a Ultracompact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a large gap among the sensor resolutions of the VG-145 (14MP) and ZS40 (18MP) but both cameras have the same sensor sizing (1/2.3").

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The VG-145 was announced 3 years prior to the ZS40 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus VG-145 being a Ultracompact camera and the Panasonic ZS40 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a brief view of how the VG-145 matches up vs the ZS40 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus VG-145 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40. The whole galleries are available at Olympus VG-145 Gallery & Panasonic ZS40 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus VG-145 offers external measurements of 96mm x 57mm x 19mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") and a weight of 120 grams (0.26 lbs) whilst the Panasonic ZS40 has specifications of 111mm x 64mm x 34mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.3") with a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the VG-145 and the ZS40.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the VG-145 and ZS40 is 96 and 90 respectively.

Typically, it is hard to see the gap in sensor dimensions merely by researching specs. The picture underneath will help provide you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the VG-145 and ZS40.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras provide the same sensor dimensions albeit not the same resolution. You can expect the Panasonic ZS40 to render greater detail with its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures more aggressively. The more aged VG-145 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.