Olympus E-30 vs Sony RX100 II

Below is a detailed overview of the Olympus E-30 vs Sony RX100 II, one being a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a significant difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-30 (12MP) and RX100 II (20MP) and the E-30 (Four Thirds) and RX100 II (1") provide different sensor dimensions.

Apple Innovates by Creating Next-Level Optical Stabilization for iPhone

The E-30 was launched 5 years prior to the RX100 II and that is quite a sizable gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony RX100 II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting right into a in depth comparison, here is a short highlight of how the E-30 matches up vs the RX100 II for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-30 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-30 Gallery and Sony RX100 II Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to lug around your camera regularly, you will have to factor its weight and volume. The Olympus E-30 provides external measurements of 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0") accompanied by a weight of 695 grams (1.53 lbs) and the Sony RX100 II has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 38mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.5") along with a weight of 281 grams (0.62 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-30 vs Sony RX100 II in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you use at the time. Underneath is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-30 and the RX100 II.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the E-30 and RX100 II is 60 and 89 respectively.

Often, its difficult to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements just by going over technical specs. The graphic here will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the E-30 and RX100 II.

As you can tell, the two cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-30 because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony RX100 II will deliver greater detail utilizing its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The older E-30 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.