Canon G12 vs Olympus SZ-15

Let's look more closely at the Canon G12 vs Olympus SZ-15, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Canon and Olympus. There exists a large gap between the resolutions of the G12 (10MP) and SZ-15 (16MP) and the G12 (1/1.7") and SZ-15 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor dimensions.

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The G12 was introduced 3 years earlier than the SZ-15 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving through a full comparison, below is a simple highlight of how the G12 grades vs the SZ-15 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Canon PowerShot G12 & Olympus SZ-15. The whole galleries are available at Canon G12 Gallery & Olympus SZ-15 Gallery.

In case you're planning to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to consider its weight and volume. The Canon G12 provides outside dimensions of 112mm x 76mm x 48mm (4.4" x 3.0" x 1.9") and a weight of 401 grams (0.88 lbs) whilst the Olympus SZ-15 has sizing of 108mm x 70mm x 40mm (4.3" x 2.8" x 1.6") with a weight of 250 grams (0.55 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are using during that time. Below is the front view dimensions comparison of the G12 versus the SZ-15.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the G12 and SZ-15 is 83 and 88 respectively.

Normally, it's tough to see the difference between sensor measurements merely by reading technical specs. The graphic below will help offer you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the G12 and SZ-15.

As you can tell, both of those cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The G12 having a bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus SZ-15 will offer more detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older G12 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.