Panasonic FH3 vs Sony W830

Lets look a little more closely at the Panasonic FH3 and Sony W830, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Ultracompact by competitors Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap between the image resolutions of the FH3 (14MP) and W830 (20MP) but both cameras provide the identical sensor dimensions (1/2.3").

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The FH3 was announced 5 years earlier than the W830 and that is quite a large gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic FH3 being a Compact camera and the Sony W830 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a short summation of how the FH3 scores vs the W830 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH3 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830. The whole galleries are available at Panasonic FH3 Gallery and Sony W830 Gallery.

If you're planning to lug around your camera often, you need to factor its weight and proportions. The Panasonic FH3 has got exterior measurements of 98mm x 55mm x 24mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") having a weight of 165 grams (0.36 lbs) and the Sony W830 has measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") having a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs).

See the Panasonic FH3 and Sony W830 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you are utilising at that time. Underneath is a front view physical size comparison of the FH3 and the W830.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FH3 and W830 is 94 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to envision the gap between sensor measurements purely by checking specs. The photograph here will offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the FH3 and W830.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras feature the identical sensor size but not the same resolution. You should anticipate the Sony W830 to give greater detail with its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop images way more aggressively. The older FH3 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.