Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 vs Olympus FE-3010

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 and the Olympus FE-3010, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 was introduced in June 2020 and Olympus FE-3010 was introduced in January 2009. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 over Olympus FE-3010.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus FE-3010 over Panasonic Lumix DC-G100.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has a 3.0" Fully Articulated screen with 1,840k dot resolution and Olympus FE-3010 has a 2.70" Fixed screen with 230k dot resolution. Fully articulated screen makes Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 selfie and vlogger friendly and generally very useful for video shooting. Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 also features touchscreen which has advantages such as easy menu navigation, intuitive controls, quick setting adjustment and most importantly a Touch-to-Focus functionality allowing users to select a specific point on the screen where they want the camera to focus. This feature can be helpful for achieving precise focus in both photo and video recording.

Electronic (OLED) Viewfinder on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has a built-in Electronic (OLED) viewfinder with 3,680k dot resolution. It has a 100% coverage and 1.46x (0.73x 35mm equivalent) magnification. There is no built-in or optional viewfinder available on Olympus FE-3010.

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 features a 20.3 megapixel Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor with dimensions of 17.3 x 13 mm and a total area of 224.9 mm². Its native ISO range is 200 - 25,600 and expands to 100 - 25,600 in boosted mode. Olympus FE-3010 features a 11.8 megapixel 1/2.33-inch CCD sensor with dimensions of 6.08 x 4.56 mm and a total area of 20.8 mm². Its native ISO range is 64 - 1,600.

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 can take pictures up to 5184 x 3888 resolution. Olympus FE-3010 can take pictures up to 3968 x 2976 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 1920 x 1080 with 16:9, 4:3, 3:2 aspect ratios.

Olympus FE-3010 has an image stabilization.

Built-in Wi-Fi on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has a built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz) which allows to easily transfer photos and videos from the camera to other Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as smartphones, tablets, printers, or computers. This eliminates the need for cables and allows for quick and convenient media sharing and social media integration. It gives you the ability to control your camera remotely using a smartphone or tablet. This is particularly useful for taking self-portraits, group shots, or capturing images in challenging conditions without having to touch the camera. Firmware updates can also be downloaded and installed wirelessly.
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Bluetooth on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has a built-in Bluetooth which lets you to connect the camera to a smartphone or a dedicated remote control device. This allows you to remotely trigger the camera, adjust settings and controls remotely through a paired mobile app. While Wi-Fi is generally faster for transferring larger files, Bluetooth can be used for small, selective transfers, it can provide real-time information about your camera's battery status, memory card capacity, and other key settings directly on your paired smartphone or smartwatch.
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USB Inputs and HDMI Outputs

Both models have USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) inputs for data transfer. connector for video signal output.

Battery

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 comes with BLG10 battery pack with battery life of 270 shots and Olympus FE-3010 comes with Li-42B battery pack.

External Storage Slots

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has a single SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II) card slot. Olympus FE-3010 has a single xD-Picture Card/microSD card slot.

Shutter

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 has Mechanical Focal Plane shutter and Electronic shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/16000 sec with electronic shutter and up to 1/500 sec with mechanical shutter on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100, and up to 1/2000 sec on Olympus FE-3010. Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 can shoot continuously up to 10.0 fps.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 ranges from 0 to +18 EV and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 and ±2 range on Olympus FE-3010. You can also do exposure lock and exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 and exposure bracketing on Olympus FE-3010.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 3.60 m at ISO 100 on Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 and 4.00 m on Olympus FE-3010. Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 also accepts external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe..

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 body has dimensions of 116 x 83 x 54 mm (4.57 x 3.27 x 2.13") and Olympus FE-3010 body has dimensions of 93 x 56 x 18 mm (3.66 x 2.2 x 0.71"). Panasonic Lumix DC-G100 weighs 352 g (0.78 lb / 12.42 oz) and Olympus FE-3010 weighs 108 g (0.24 lb / 3.81 oz).

Panasonic Lumix DC-G100

Olympus FE-3010

116 mm

83 mm

93 mm

56 mm

54 mm

18 mm