Nikon P7700 vs Ricoh WG-4 GPS

Following is a comprehensive assessment of the Nikon P7700 and Ricoh WG-4 GPS, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Waterproof by companies Nikon and Ricoh. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the P7700 (12MP) and WG-4 GPS (16MP) and the P7700 (1/1.7") and WG-4 GPS (1/2.3") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The P7700 was revealed 8 months prior to the WG-4 GPS and they are of a similar age. Both of these cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before going in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a concise synopsis of how the P7700 matches up versus the WG-4 GPS with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Nikon Coolpix P7700 & Ricoh WG-4 GPS. The full galleries are provided at Nikon P7700 Gallery & Ricoh WG-4 GPS Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to carry around your camera, you will want to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Nikon P7700 offers outside dimensions of 119mm x 73mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.9" x 2.0") having a weight of 392 grams (0.86 lbs) and the Ricoh WG-4 GPS has dimensions of 124mm x 64mm x 33mm (4.9" x 2.5" x 1.3") and a weight of 235 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. Following is the front view size comparison of the P7700 versus the WG-4 GPS.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the P7700 and WG-4 GPS is 82 and 90 respectively.

More often than not, it can be hard to visualize the difference between sensor sizes just by looking at specs. The pic below will help give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the P7700 and WG-4 GPS.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The P7700 using its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field simpler and the Ricoh WG-4 GPS will give greater detail because of its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also help you crop photographs a little more aggressively. The more aged P7700 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.