Casio EX-Z270 vs Fujifilm JX550

The following is a thorough assessment of the Casio EX-Z270 and Fujifilm JX550, former is a Ultracompact while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Casio and FujiFilm. There is a large difference among the image resolutions of the EX-Z270 (10MP) and Fujifilm JX550 (16MP) and the EX-Z270 (1/2.5") and Fujifilm JX550 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor sizing.

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The EX-Z270 was introduced 4 years before the Fujifilm JX550 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Casio EX-Z270 being a Ultracompact camera and the Fujifilm JX550 being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a in depth comparison, below is a short introduction of how the EX-Z270 scores against the Fujifilm JX550 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Casio Exilim EX-Z270 & Fujifilm FinePix JX550. The whole galleries are available at Casio EX-Z270 Gallery & Fujifilm JX550 Gallery.

For those who are intending to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to consider its weight and volume. The Casio EX-Z270 features outside dimensions of 97mm x 55mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.9") along with a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs) whilst the Fujifilm JX550 has sizing of 100mm x 56mm x 24mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") and a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are working with at the time. Below is the front view physical size comparison of the EX-Z270 compared to the Fujifilm JX550.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the EX-Z270 and Fujifilm JX550 is 96 and 95 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to envision the gap in sensor dimensions only by researching technical specs. The pic here will help give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the EX-Z270 and Fujifilm JX550.

As you can tell, the 2 cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The EX-Z270 having a smaller sensor will make shooting shallow depth of field more difficult and the Fujifilm JX550 will result in greater detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop pics much more aggressively. The more aged EX-Z270 will be behind in sensor tech.