As well as being compared against other compacts, the Olympus X-875 is also often compared to travel zooms, super zooms, entry-level DSLRs and mirrorless. The Olympus X-875's top rivals come from Olympus (such as the FE-170) and Canon (such as the PowerShot ELPH 170 IS and the PowerShot ELPH 180)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Olympus X-875 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (36 mm vs 38 mm), is much smaller (super compact (94×56×21 mm) vs compact (90×63×31 mm)), is newer (august 2008 vs august 2006), is thinner (0.8" vs 1.2") and is slightly lighter (138 g vs 175 g).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Olympus X-875 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it is slightly smaller (super compact (94×56×21 mm) vs super compact (96×57×22 mm)).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 25 mm), has a significantly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens), has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS) and is older (august 2008 vs january 2015).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Olympus X-875 compared to super zoom competitors include: it is much smaller (super compact (94×56×21 mm) vs large (140×103×137 mm)), is thinner (0.8" vs 5.4") and is much lighter (138 g vs 899 g).
However, on average it has a slightly narrower aperture (f/3.1 vs f/2.8), has much less zoom (3x vs 83.3x), has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 24 mm), has a much smaller screen (2.5" vs 3") and has a much lower resolution screen (154k dots vs 921k dots).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Olympus X-875 compared to mirrorless interchangeable-lens competitors include: it is slightly smaller (super compact (94×56×21 mm) vs standard size (127×94×48 mm)), is thinner (0.8" vs 1.9"), is significantly lighter (138 g vs 417 g) and has a built-in flash.
However, on average it records lower quality movies (480p @ 15fps vs 1080p @ 60fps), has a much smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a much lower resolution screen (154k dots vs 1,229k dots), doesn't have a viewfinder (none vs digital) and takes much lower resolution photos (8 MP vs 24 MP).
