Casio EX-ZS15 vs Sigma DP2 Quattro

Its time to look closer at the Casio EX-ZS15 versus Sigma DP2 Quattro, one being a Ultracompact and the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Casio and Sigma. There is a crucial difference among the sensor resolutions of the EX-ZS15 (14MP) and DP2 Quattro (20MP) and the EX-ZS15 (1/2.3") and DP2 Quattro (APS-C) have different sensor dimensions.

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The EX-ZS15 was introduced 3 years earlier than the DP2 Quattro and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Casio EX-ZS15 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sigma DP2 Quattro being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a concise summary of how the EX-ZS15 grades versus the DP2 Quattro with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Casio Exilim EX-ZS15 and Sigma DP2 Quattro. The whole galleries are available at Casio EX-ZS15 Gallery and Sigma DP2 Quattro Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Casio EX-ZS15 comes with outer dimensions of 103mm x 59mm x 20mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 0.8") along with a weight of 154 grams (0.34 lbs) and the Sigma DP2 Quattro has measurements of 161mm x 67mm x 82mm (6.3" x 2.6" x 3.2") and a weight of 395 grams (0.87 lbs).

See the Casio EX-ZS15 versus Sigma DP2 Quattro in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you are utilising at the time. Here is a front view scale comparison of the EX-ZS15 and the DP2 Quattro.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the EX-ZS15 and DP2 Quattro is 95 and 70 respectively.

In many cases, it is hard to imagine the difference in sensor measurements only by viewing specs. The graphic underneath should give you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the EX-ZS15 and DP2 Quattro.

All in all, both cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The EX-ZS15 having a smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF tougher and the Sigma DP2 Quattro will result in greater detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop pictures more aggressively. The older EX-ZS15 will be behind in sensor technology.