Olympus VG120 vs Panasonic DMC-FS30

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Advantages of the Olympus VG120

Wider aperture

f/2.8

f/3.3

At its widest zoom, the VG120's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops)

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

Significantly smaller

96x56x19 mm

100x56x28 mm

More than 30% smaller

Better wide angle

26 mm

28 mm

Around 10% better wide angle

Significantly thinner

0.8"

1.1"

More than 30% thinner

Significantly lighter

120 g

178 g

More than 30% lighter

Faster max shutter speed

1/2000s

1/1600s

20% faster max shutter speed

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the Olympus VG120

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FS30

Better image stabilization

Lens

Digital

Less risk of blur

More zoom

More than 2.5x more zoom

Supports continuous shooting

4.6 fps

None

Allows taking many pictures in rapid succession

Better macro capability

5 cm

7 cm

Focus on subjects around 30% closer to the lens

Much longer exposures

60s

15x longer exposures

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the Panasonic DMC-FS30

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Olympus VG120

60	vs	51
Explain scores

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30

Snapsort recommends the Olympus VG-120. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a travel zoom.

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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.

	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

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

competitors

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Slightly closer macro focusing

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the VG120

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Canon IXUS 115 HS

Compact

$230

Records higher quality movies

Records high-speed movies

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is significantly more expensive

Compare the IXUS 115 HS vs the VG120

Compare the IXUS 115 HS vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Canon IXUS 220 HS

Compact

$185 - $242

Records higher quality movies

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Is slightly more expensive

Is slightly heavier

Compare the IXUS 220 HS vs the VG120

Compare the IXUS 220 HS vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5

Ultra compact

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is significantly heavier

Compare the Lumix DMC-FH5 vs the VG120

Compare the Lumix DMC-FH5 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Ultra compact

$171

Slightly higher maximum light sensitivity

Creates panoramas in-camera

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 Lumix DMC-FS30

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

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS35

Travel zoom

$161

Lighter

Shoots slower

Compare the Lumix DMC-FS35 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS33

Travel zoom

Significantly larger screen

Has a touch screen

Compare the Lumix DMC-FS33 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11

Compact

$309

Wider aperture

Smaller

Less zoom

Compare the Lumix DMC-FS11 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Travel zoom

$177 - $223

Significantly better wide angle

More zoom

Significantly worse macro capability

Shoots slower

Compare the Coolpix S6200 vs the Lumix DMC-FS30

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OlympusVG120 vs Panasonic LumixDMC-FS30

Olympus VG120

Reasons to buy the Olympus VG120

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30

Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Olympus VG120

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FS30

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

Canon IXUS 115 HS

Canon IXUS 220 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Olympus VG-120 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Olympus VG-160

Olympus VG-140

Olympus VG110

Nikon Coolpix L24

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS35

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS33

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11

Nikon Coolpix S6200

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Olympus
VG120
vs
Panasonic Lumix
DMC-FS30