Casio EX-Z270 vs Fujifilm S8600

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Casio EX-Z270 and Fujifilm S8600, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Casio and FujiFilm. There is a considerable difference between the sensor resolutions of the EX-Z270 (10MP) and Fujifilm S8600 (16MP) and the EX-Z270 (1/2.5") and Fujifilm S8600 (1/2.3") posses different sensor size.

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The EX-Z270 was brought out 6 years earlier than the Fujifilm S8600 and that is quite a large difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Casio EX-Z270 being a Ultracompact camera and the Fujifilm S8600 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before we go straight to a full comparison, here is a concise summation of how the EX-Z270 grades against the Fujifilm S8600 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Casio Exilim EX-Z270 & Fujifilm FinePix S8600. The entire galleries are provided at Casio EX-Z270 Gallery & Fujifilm S8600 Gallery.

If you're planning to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Casio EX-Z270 features outside dimensions of 97mm x 55mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs) and the Fujifilm S8600 has proportions of 121mm x 81mm x 65mm (4.8" x 3.2" x 2.6") with a weight of 450 grams (0.99 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at that moment. Following is a front view physical size comparison of the EX-Z270 compared to the Fujifilm S8600.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the EX-Z270 and Fujifilm S8600 is 96 and 76 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements simply by looking at technical specs. The graphic here might give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the EX-Z270 and Fujifilm S8600.

As you can tell, both of those cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The EX-Z270 due to its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field more difficult and the Fujifilm S8600 will resolve more detail having its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will help you crop photographs more aggressively. The older EX-Z270 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.