Panasonic FH1 vs Panasonic FZ2500

Below is a extended review of the Panasonic FH1 vs Panasonic FZ2500, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom and they are both built by Panasonic. There is a noticeable difference among the sensor resolutions of the FH1 (12MP) and FZ2500 (20MP) and the FH1 (1/2.3") and FZ2500 (1") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The FH1 was announced 7 years before the FZ2500 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras offer different body type with the Panasonic FH1 being a Compact camera and the Panasonic FZ2500 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a concise view of how the FH1 matches up versus the FZ2500 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500. The whole galleries are provided at Panasonic FH1 Gallery & Panasonic FZ2500 Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you have to factor its weight and volume. The Panasonic FH1 has outer dimensions of 98mm x 55mm x 23mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 163 grams (0.36 lbs) while the Panasonic FZ2500 has sizing of 138mm x 102mm x 135mm (5.4" x 4.0" x 5.3") along with a weight of 915 grams (2.02 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have chosen at that time. Following is the front view dimensions comparison of the FH1 versus the FZ2500.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the FH1 and FZ2500 is 95 and 53 respectively.

Usually, it is tough to envision the gap in sensor measurements only by going through technical specs. The photograph underneath will help provide you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the FH1 and FZ2500.

As you can tell, each of the cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FH1 using its smaller sensor will make achieving shallow DOF more challenging and the Panasonic FZ2500 will show greater detail with its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop pics a little more aggressively. The older FH1 will be behind in sensor tech.