Panasonic FX90 vs Sony RX100

Below is a detailed overview of the Panasonic FX90 and Sony RX100, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Panasonic and Sony. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the FX90 (12MP) and RX100 (20MP) and the FX90 (1/2.3") and RX100 (1") possess different sensor dimensions.

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The FX90 was released 12 months prior to the RX100 and they are both of a similar age. Both cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic FX90 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving in to a detailed comparison, below is a brief summary of how the FX90 grades against the RX100 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX90 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100. The complete galleries are provided at Panasonic FX90 Gallery & Sony RX100 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Panasonic FX90 has got physical measurements of 102mm x 56mm x 22mm (4.0" x 2.2" x 0.9") along with a weight of 149 grams (0.33 lbs) and the Sony RX100 has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") along with a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have at that time. The following is the front view proportions comparison of the FX90 compared to the RX100.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the FX90 and RX100 is 95 and 91 respectively.

Typically, its hard to imagine the gap between sensor measurements merely by looking at specs. The visual here will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the FX90 and RX100.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The FX90 due to its tinier sensor is going to make achieving bokeh more difficult and the Sony RX100 will give greater detail as a result of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop shots much more aggressively. The older FX90 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.