Casio EX-10 vs Samsung ST80

The following is a in-depth overview of the Casio EX-10 and Samsung ST80, one is a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Ultracompact by brands Casio and Samsung. The sensor resolution of the EX-10 (12MP) and the ST80 (14MP) is relatively close but the EX-10 (1/1.7") and ST80 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor size.

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The EX-10 was released 3 years after the ST80 which is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Casio EX-10 being a Compact camera and the Samsung ST80 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving through a thorough comparison, below is a concise overview of how the EX-10 scores vs the ST80 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Casio Exilim EX-10 and Samsung ST80. The complete galleries are available at Casio EX-10 Gallery and Samsung ST80 Gallery.

If you're going to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Casio EX-10 has outside measurements of 120mm x 68mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.7" x 1.9") with a weight of 384 grams (0.85 lbs) and the Samsung ST80 has measurements of 92mm x 55mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.2" x 0.7") having a weight of 118 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have at the time. Here is the front view dimension comparison of the EX-10 and the ST80.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the EX-10 and ST80 is 83 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it's difficult to visualise the difference in sensor dimensions purely by researching technical specs. The pic below will help provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the EX-10 and ST80.

As you can tell, each of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The EX-10 because of its bigger sensor will make shooting shallower depth of field simpler and the Samsung ST80 will result in more detail as a result of its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The more modern EX-10 is going to have an advantage in sensor innovation.