Casio EX-10 vs Olympus SZ-30MR

Its time to look much closer at the Casio EX-10 versus Olympus SZ-30MR, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Casio and Olympus. There exists a noticeable gap between the image resolutions of the EX-10 (12MP) and SZ-30MR (16MP) and the EX-10 (1/1.7") and SZ-30MR (1/2.3") use different sensor sizes.

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The EX-10 was unveiled 2 years later than the SZ-30MR and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving through a complete comparison, below is a quick view of how the EX-10 matches up vs the SZ-30MR in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Casio Exilim EX-10 & Olympus SZ-30MR. The full galleries are available at Casio EX-10 Gallery & Olympus SZ-30MR Gallery.

If you're planning to lug around your camera often, you will want to think about its weight and proportions. The Casio EX-10 offers outer dimensions of 120mm x 68mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.7" x 1.9") along with a weight of 384 grams (0.85 lbs) and the Olympus SZ-30MR has measurements of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") along with a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs).

See the Casio EX-10 versus Olympus SZ-30MR in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you use at that moment. Underneath is the front view size comparison of the EX-10 compared to the SZ-30MR.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the EX-10 and SZ-30MR is 83 and 89 respectively.

Typically, it can be tough to visualize the gap between sensor measurements purely by checking specs. The graphic underneath may give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the EX-10 and SZ-30MR.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The EX-10 with its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus SZ-30MR will resolve extra detail having an extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also help you crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more modern EX-10 provides a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.