Olympus E-620 vs Sony RX100 IV

The following is a in depth assessment of the Olympus E-620 vs Sony RX100 IV, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-620 (12MP) and RX100 IV (20MP) and the E-620 (Four Thirds) and RX100 IV (1") use totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-620 was manufactured 7 years prior to the RX100 IV which is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX100 IV being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-620 matches up vs the RX100 IV with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

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

When you are going to travel with your camera, you are going to need to take into account its weight and size. The Olympus E-620 has got outside measurements of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") and a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs) while the Sony RX100 IV has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") with a weight of 298 grams (0.66 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-620 vs Sony RX100 IV in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have at that time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the E-620 versus the RX100 IV.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the E-620 and RX100 IV is 71 and 89 respectively.

In many cases, its tough to see the difference between sensor dimensions only by checking specs. The pic underneath may provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the E-620 and RX100 IV.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-620 featuring a bigger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony RX100 IV will resolve more detail due to its extra 8MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-620 is going to be behind in sensor tech.