Nikon S620 vs Ricoh WG-80

Its time to look a bit more in depth at the Nikon S620 vs Ricoh WG-80, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Waterproof by companies Nikon and Ricoh. There exists a noticeable gap among the image resolutions of the S620 (12MP) and WG-80 (16MP) but both cameras posses the identical sensor size (1/2.3").

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The S620 was brought out 14 years prior to the WG-80 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature the same body design (Compact).

Before diving into a complete comparison, here is a short introduction of how the S620 matches up vs the WG-80 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Nikon Coolpix S620 & Ricoh WG-80. The entire galleries are available at Nikon S620 Gallery & Ricoh WG-80 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera often, you should factor in its weight and volume. The Nikon S620 provides external measurements of 90mm x 53mm x 23mm (3.5" x 2.1" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 120 grams (0.26 lbs) while the Ricoh WG-80 has sizing of 123mm x 62mm x 30mm (4.8" x 2.4" x 1.2") along with a weight of 193 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you select at that moment. Following is a front view scale comparison of the S620 versus the WG-80.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the S620 and WG-80 is 96 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualize the difference in sensor measurements merely by seeing technical specs. The photograph underneath will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the S620 and WG-80.

As you can tell, the two cameras come with the identical sensor size albeit different megapixels. You can expect the Ricoh WG-80 to produce extra detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older S620 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.