Nikon S3300 vs Olympus XZ-1

Its time to examine more in depth at the Nikon S3300 versus Olympus XZ-1, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by rivals Nikon and Olympus. There exists a large gap among the image resolutions of the S3300 (16MP) and XZ-1 (10MP) and the S3300 (1/2.3") and XZ-1 (1/1.63") use totally different sensor size.

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The S3300 was introduced 13 months later than the XZ-1 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Each of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go straight into a in depth comparison, below is a brief introduction of how the S3300 scores against the XZ-1 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Nikon Coolpix S3300 & Olympus XZ-1. The whole galleries are available at Nikon S3300 Gallery & Olympus XZ-1 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you'll have to think about its weight and volume. The Nikon S3300 offers external measurements of 95mm x 58mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.3" x 0.7") and a weight of 128 grams (0.28 lbs) whilst the Olympus XZ-1 has sizing of 111mm x 65mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") having a weight of 275 grams (0.61 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you use at the time. Following is the front view measurements comparison of the S3300 against the XZ-1.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the S3300 and XZ-1 is 96 and 88 respectively.

Quite often, it can be tough to visualise the contrast in sensor measurements purely by researching a spec sheet. The graphic below will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the S3300 and XZ-1.

As you can see, both of the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The S3300 using its smaller sensor will make getting shallow DOF trickier and the Nikon S3300 will render greater detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The more modern S3300 is going to have an advantage with regard to sensor innovation.