Olympus E-420 vs Sony RX10 II

Its time to look a little more in depth at the Olympus E-420 versus Sony RX10 II, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap among the sensor resolutions of the E-420 (10MP) and RX10 II (20MP) and the E-420 (Four Thirds) and RX10 II (1") feature different sensor size.

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The E-420 was unveiled 8 years before the RX10 II and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-420 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX10 II being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before diving in to a in depth comparison, below is a brief overview of how the E-420 matches up versus the RX10 II with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-420 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-420 Gallery and Sony RX10 II Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera often, you will want to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus E-420 has got physical measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 426 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Sony RX10 II has sizing of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") and a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you select during that time. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the E-420 versus the RX10 II.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-420 and RX10 II is 77 and 58 respectively.

More often than not, it is very difficult to picture the gap in sensor measurements only by looking through specifications. The graphic here may offer you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-420 and RX10 II.

Plainly, both cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-420 with its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony RX10 II will result in more detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also help you crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older E-420 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.