Olympus VG120 vs FE-47

differences

Advantages of the Olympus VG120

Much better wide angle

26 mm

36 mm

Around 30% better wide angle

Significantly wider aperture

f/2.8

f/3.5

At its widest zoom, the VG120's lens captures slightly more light (0.6 f-stops)

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

Image stabilization

Digital

None

Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements

Significantly smaller

96x56x19 mm

98x61x27 mm

Around 40% smaller

Higher resolution movies

720p @ 30fps

480p

Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

Much lighter

120 g

204 g

More than 40% lighter

Significantly thinner

0.8"

1.1"

Around 30% thinner

Cheaper

$89.00

$178.80

The best price we've seen is $90 cheaper (2x less)

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the Olympus VG120

Advantages of the Olympus FE-47

Significantly better macro capability

3 cm

7 cm

Focus on subjects 2.3x closer to the lens

Learn more about
the Olympus FE-47

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Olympus VG120

60	vs	41
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Olympus FE-47

Snapsort recommends the Olympus VG-120.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.

	Short max exposure time
	4 seconds

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Lower-end sensor types
	CCD

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	1,600 ISO

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

One has image stabilization

VG120:	Digital
FE-47:	None

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

Poor movies

VG120:	720p @ 30fps
FE-47:	480p

	Poor zoom
	5x

competitors

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Has boost light sensitivity

Slightly longer exposures

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the VG120

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the FE-47

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS5

Digicam

$96 - $118

Has better image stabilization

Compare the Lumix DMC-LS5 vs the VG120

Compare the Lumix DMC-LS5 vs the FE-47

Olympus VG-150

Ultra compact

$97

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the VG-150 vs the VG120

Compare the VG-150 vs the FE-47

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Ultra compact

$171

Has better image stabilization

Slightly higher maximum light sensitivity

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the Cybershot DSC-W530 vs the VG120

Compare the Cybershot DSC-W530 vs the FE-47

Samsung PL120

Ultra compact

$90 - $109

Has a touch screen

Has a slightly narrower aperture

Compare the PL120 vs the VG120

Compare the PL120 vs the FE-47

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Can create panoramas in-camera

Better image stabilization

Narrower aperture

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the VG120

Olympus VG-160

Compact

$99

Can create panoramas in-camera

Significantly better macro capability

No image stabilization

Slightly heavier

Compare the VG-160 vs the VG120

Olympus VG-140

Compact

Can create panoramas in-camera

Slightly higher true resolution

No built-in flash

Slightly heavier

Compare the VG-140 vs the VG120

Olympus VG110

Ultra compact

$88

Better macro capability

Slightly smaller

Significantly smaller screen

No image stabilization

Compare the VG110 vs the VG120

Nikon Coolpix L24

Compact

$60

Better image stabilization

Better macro capability

Much worse wide angle

Significantly larger

Compare the Coolpix L24 vs the VG120

Nikon Coolpix L22

Compact

Image stabilization

Wider aperture

Worse wide angle

Worse macro capability

Compare the Coolpix L22 vs the FE-47

Samsung ES75

Digicam

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

No built-in flash

Compare the ES75 vs the FE-47

Samsung ST65

Compact

$104

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Narrower aperture

Compare the ST65 vs the FE-47

Casio Exilim EX-H30

Travel zoom

$185 - $249

Much better wide angle

Supports 24p

Worse macro capability

Slightly larger

Compare the Exilim EX-H30 vs the FE-47

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH27

Travel zoom

$189

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Worse macro capability

Slower max shutter speed

Compare the Lumix DMC-FH27 vs the FE-47

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OlympusVG120 vs OlympusFE-47

Olympus VG120

Reasons to buy the Olympus VG120

Olympus FE-47

Reasons to buy the Olympus FE-47

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Olympus VG120

Advantages of the Olympus FE-47

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A2200

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS5

Olympus VG-150

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Samsung PL120

Olympus VG-120 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Olympus VG-160

Olympus VG-140

Olympus VG110

Nikon Coolpix L24

Olympus FE-47 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix L22

Samsung ES75

Samsung ST65

Casio Exilim EX-H30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH27

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Olympus
VG120
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Olympus
FE-47