Panasonic FP5 vs Sony WX500

Lets look a bit more in depth at the Panasonic FP5 and Sony WX500, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by rivals Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the FP5 (14MP) and WX500 (18MP) but both cameras posses the identical sensor size (1/2.3").

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The FP5 was announced 5 years earlier than the WX500 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic FP5 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony WX500 being a Compact camera.

Before delving right into a in depth comparison, here is a concise summary of how the FP5 matches up versus the WX500 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP5 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500. The whole galleries are viewable at Panasonic FP5 Gallery & Sony WX500 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera frequently, you need to factor its weight and volume. The Panasonic FP5 offers outer measurements of 101mm x 59mm x 18mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 0.7") with a weight of 141 grams (0.31 lbs) whilst the Sony WX500 has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 236 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have during that time. The following is a front view over all size comparison of the FP5 vs the WX500.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the FP5 and WX500 is 95 and 91 respectively.

Normally, it is tough to picture the gap in sensor measurements just by looking through a spec sheet. The visual here will help give you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the FP5 and WX500.

As you can see, both the cameras come with the identical sensor size albeit different MP. You can count on the Sony WX500 to result in extra detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop shots a good deal more aggressively. The older FP5 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.