Casio EX-10 vs Sony RX100 VA

Let's look a bit more in depth at the Casio EX-10 vs Sony RX100 VA, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Casio and Sony. There is a significant difference among the sensor resolutions of the EX-10 (12MP) and RX100 VA (20MP) and the EX-10 (1/1.7") and RX100 VA (1") come with totally different sensor sizing.

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The EX-10 was brought out 5 years prior to the RX100 VA and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Casio EX-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 VA being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving through a more detailed comparison, below is a concise view of how the EX-10 scores vs the RX100 VA with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Casio Exilim EX-10 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V(A). The entire galleries are available at Casio EX-10 Gallery and Sony RX100 VA Gallery.

In case you're intending to lug around your camera often, you will have to take into account its weight and volume. The Casio EX-10 provides external measurements of 120mm x 68mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.7" x 1.9") and a weight of 384 grams (0.85 lbs) while the Sony RX100 VA has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") having a weight of 299 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you have at the time. Following is the front view size comparison of the EX-10 and the RX100 VA.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the EX-10 and RX100 VA is 83 and 89 respectively.

Often, its difficult to envision the gap in sensor measurements merely by looking through technical specs. The photograph underneath will help give you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the EX-10 and RX100 VA.

As you have seen, each of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The EX-10 because of its smaller sensor will make getting shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony RX100 VA will provide you with greater detail having its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop shots somewhat more aggressively. The older EX-10 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.