Nikon Z6 II vs Olympus XZ-10

Lets look much closer at the Nikon Z6 II vs Olympus XZ-10, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Nikon and Olympus. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the Z6 II (25MP) and XZ-10 (12MP) and the Z6 II (Full frame) and XZ-10 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizing.

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The Z6 II was released 7 years later than the XZ-10 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Nikon Z6 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Olympus XZ-10 being a Compact camera.

Before getting right into a full comparison, here is a brief synopsis of how the Z6 II scores against the XZ-10 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Nikon Z6 Mark II & Olympus Stylus XZ-10. The complete galleries are available at Nikon Z6 II Gallery & Olympus XZ-10 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to factor in its weight and proportions. The Nikon Z6 II offers exterior dimensions of 134mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.3" x 4.0" x 2.8") with a weight of 705 grams (1.55 lbs) while the Olympus XZ-10 has measurements of 102mm x 61mm x 34mm (4.0" x 2.4" x 1.3") and a weight of 221 grams (0.49 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing during that time. The following is a front view proportions comparison of the Z6 II versus the XZ-10.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the Z6 II and XZ-10 is 61 and 91 respectively.

More often than not, its hard to picture the difference in sensor measurements just by researching specs. The photograph here will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the Z6 II and XZ-10.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The Z6 II featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field easier and the Nikon Z6 II will render more detail as a result of its extra 13 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop pictures way more aggressively. The younger Z6 II should have an advantage in sensor technology.