Panasonic FP2 vs Sony RX100 VA

Lets look a bit more closely at the Panasonic FP2 and Sony RX100 VA, one being a Ultracompact and the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Panasonic and Sony. There is a crucial difference between the image resolutions of the FP2 (14MP) and RX100 VA (20MP) and the FP2 (1/2.3") and RX100 VA (1") offer different sensor dimensions.

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The FP2 was unveiled 9 years before the RX100 VA and that is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic FP2 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony RX100 VA being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a thorough comparison, here is a brief overview of how the FP2 matches up vs the RX100 VA with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP2 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V(A). The full galleries are provided at Panasonic FP2 Gallery and Sony RX100 VA Gallery.

If you are aiming to lug around your camera frequently, you need to factor in its weight and measurements. The Panasonic FP2 has got exterior measurements of 99mm x 59mm x 19mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 0.7") along with a weight of 151 grams (0.33 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 VA has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 299 grams (0.66 lbs).

See the Panasonic FP2 and Sony RX100 VA in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you choose at that time. Following is a front view over all size comparison of the FP2 versus the RX100 VA.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the FP2 and RX100 VA is 95 and 89 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to picture the gap between sensor measurements only by going over specs. The graphic underneath should provide you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the FP2 and RX100 VA.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FP2 using its tinier sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony RX100 VA will offer you more detail having an extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older FP2 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor tech.