Olympus E-600 vs Sony RX100 V

Let's look more closely at the Olympus E-600 vs Sony RX100 V, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a considerable difference among the sensor resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and RX100 V (20MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and RX100 V (1") use totally different sensor size.

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The E-600 was revealed 8 years earlier than the RX100 V and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera tech is concerned. The two cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX100 V being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a detailed comparison, below is a brief view of how the E-600 matches up vs the RX100 V in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-600 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-600 Gallery & Sony RX100 V Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera, you are going to need to consider its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-600 provides outside dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") with a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 V has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 299 grams (0.66 lbs).

Compare the Olympus E-600 vs Sony RX100 V in our newest Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have chosen at that time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the E-600 and the RX100 V.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the E-600 and RX100 V is 71 and 89 respectively.

Usually, it can be tough to envision the gap in sensor measurements just by researching specs. The photograph here will help give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-600 and RX100 V.

As you can plainly see, both cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-600 having a bigger sensor will make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony RX100 V will render extra detail because of its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop shots far more aggressively. The older E-600 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.