Olympus E-620 vs Sony RX100 III

Below is a detailed review of the Olympus E-620 versus Sony RX100 III, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference between the resolutions of the E-620 (12MP) and RX100 III (20MP) and the E-620 (Four Thirds) and RX100 III (1") boast different sensor size.

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The E-620 was brought out 5 years before the RX100 III and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX100 III being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before we go right into a full comparison, here is a short overview of how the E-620 matches up against the RX100 III with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-620 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-620 Gallery & Sony RX100 III Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera regularly, you'll need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-620 comes with outside measurements of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") accompanied by a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs) while the Sony RX100 III has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") and a weight of 290 grams (0.64 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you choose at that time. Below is a front view proportions comparison of the E-620 vs the RX100 III.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the E-620 and RX100 III is 71 and 89 respectively.

Often, it is difficult to imagine the contrast between sensor measurements only by reading through specs. The photograph here will help give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-620 and RX100 III.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-620 because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF less difficult and the Sony RX100 III will give you greater detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs way more aggressively. The older E-620 is going to be behind in sensor technology.