Casio EX-100 vs Nikon S9900

Below is a extensive comparison of the Casio EX-100 vs Nikon S9900, both Small Sensor Superzoom digital cameras by companies Casio and Nikon. There exists a large gap between the sensor resolutions of the EX-100 (12MP) and S9900 (16MP) and the EX-100 (1/1.7") and S9900 (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizes.

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The EX-100 was unveiled 12 months earlier than the S9900 so they are both of a similar age. Both the cameras feature the same body design (Compact).

Before we go right into a complete comparison, here is a concise overview of how the EX-100 grades vs the S9900 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Casio Exilim EX-100 & Nikon Coolpix S9900. The full galleries are available at Casio EX-100 Gallery & Nikon S9900 Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera frequently, you will need to factor in its weight and volume. The Casio EX-100 has physical dimensions of 119mm x 67mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.0") accompanied by a weight of 389 grams (0.86 lbs) while the Nikon S9900 has sizing of 112mm x 66mm x 40mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.6") along with a weight of 289 grams (0.64 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at the time. Below is a front view physical size comparison of the EX-100 compared to the S9900.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the EX-100 and S9900 is 83 and 88 respectively.

Sometimes, its tough to picture the contrast between sensor measurements merely by reading through a spec sheet. The visual below should give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the EX-100 and S9900.

As you can see, both of those cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The EX-100 using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Nikon S9900 will give you extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also let you crop photographs way more aggressively. The older EX-100 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.