Kodak M550 vs Nikon L830

Below, we will be looking at the Kodak M550 versus Nikon L830, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by rivals Kodak and Nikon. There exists a noticeable gap among the image resolutions of the M550 (12MP) and L830 (16MP) but they use the exact same sensor dimensions (1/2.3").

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The M550 was announced 5 years before the L830 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Kodak M550 being a Compact camera and the Nikon L830 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a concise view of how the M550 matches up versus the L830 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Kodak EasyShare M550 & Nikon Coolpix L830. The whole galleries are available at Kodak M550 Gallery & Nikon L830 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to lug around your camera, you will want to factor its weight and volume. The Kodak M550 comes with outside dimensions of 98mm x 58mm x 23mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 0.9") having a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs) whilst the Nikon L830 has sizing of 110mm x 76mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.0" x 3.6") accompanied by a weight of 508 grams (1.12 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at the time. Here is the front view over all size comparison of the M550 versus the L830.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the M550 and L830 is 95 and 71 respectively.

Typically, it is very tough to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements simply by seeing specs. The photograph below may provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the M550 and L830.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements albeit different resolution. You can expect the Nikon L830 to produce more detail with its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older M550 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.