Nikon L20 vs Nikon L610

Below is a detailed review of the Nikon L20 versus Nikon L610, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and they are both produced by Nikon. There is a large difference between the resolutions of the L20 (10MP) and L610 (16MP) but they use the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The L20 was manufactured 4 years before the L610 and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before getting straight into a complete comparison, below is a short summary of how the L20 matches up vs the L610 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Nikon Coolpix L20 & Nikon Coolpix L610. The entire galleries are provided at Nikon L20 Gallery & Nikon L610 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Nikon L20 comes with outer dimensions of 97mm x 61mm x 29mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.1") and a weight of 135 grams (0.30 lbs) while the Nikon L610 has dimensions of 108mm x 69mm x 34mm (4.3" x 2.7" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing at that time. The following is the front view sizing comparison of the L20 compared to the L610.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the L20 and L610 is 94 and 90 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is difficult to picture the difference between sensor measurements simply by going over specs. The photograph here will give you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the L20 and L610.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements albeit different megapixels. You can expect the Nikon L610 to offer more detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older L20 is going to be behind in sensor tech.