Canon S95 vs Olympus SZ-31MR iHS

Below is a extensive comparison of the Canon S95 vs Olympus SZ-31MR iHS, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Canon and Olympus. There exists a substantial gap between the resolutions of the S95 (10MP) and SZ-31MR iHS (16MP) and the S95 (1/1.7") and SZ-31MR iHS (1/2.3") use different sensor dimensions.

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The S95 was revealed 14 months before the SZ-31MR iHS which makes the cameras a generation apart from one another. The two cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before getting through a thorough comparison, below is a brief overview of how the S95 scores vs the SZ-31MR iHS with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Canon PowerShot S95 & Olympus SZ-31MR iHS. The full galleries are available at Canon S95 Gallery & Olympus SZ-31MR iHS Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to lug around your camera frequently, you need to factor its weight and size. The Canon S95 offers exterior dimensions of 100mm x 58mm x 30mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 1.2") with a weight of 195 grams (0.43 lbs) whilst the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS has specifications of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") and a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at that time. Below is the front view measurement comparison of the S95 compared to the SZ-31MR iHS.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the S95 and SZ-31MR iHS is 93 and 89 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to visualize the difference between sensor measurements simply by reviewing a spec sheet. The photograph below should provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the S95 and SZ-31MR iHS.

Clearly, each of the cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The S95 having a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS will deliver extra detail because of its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs far more aggressively. The older S95 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.