Nikon S31 vs Sony WX500

Let's look much closer at the Nikon S31 and Sony WX500, former being a Waterproof while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Nikon and Sony. There exists a considerable gap among the image resolutions of the S31 (10MP) and WX500 (18MP) and the S31 (1/2.9") and WX500 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor sizes.

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The S31 was unveiled 22 months before the WX500 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. The two cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go through a thorough comparison, below is a short overview of how the S31 scores against the WX500 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Nikon Coolpix S31 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500. The full galleries are provided at Nikon S31 Gallery & Sony WX500 Gallery.

If you're aiming to carry your camera, you'll have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Nikon S31 comes with exterior dimensions of 105mm x 65mm x 42mm (4.1" x 2.6" x 1.7") with a weight of 185 grams (0.41 lbs) whilst the Sony WX500 has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") having a weight of 236 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at the time. Below is the front view dimension comparison of the S31 compared to the WX500.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the S31 and WX500 is 90 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to envision the difference in sensor sizing purely by seeing specs. The visual here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the S31 and WX500.

All in all, both of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The S31 having a smaller sensor will make shooting shallow DOF tougher and the Sony WX500 will show more detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop images much more aggressively. The older S31 will be behind with regard to sensor technology.