Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Panasonic GX7

Lets look much closer at the Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Panasonic GX7, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by brands Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a large gap among the sensor resolutions of the SP-600 UZ (12MP) and GX7 (16MP) and the SP-600 UZ (1/2.3") and GX7 (Four Thirds) come with totally different sensor size.

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The SP-600 UZ was introduced 4 years earlier than the GX7 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras offer different body type with the Olympus SP-600 UZ being a Compact camera and the Panasonic GX7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before we go in to a full comparison, below is a brief summation of how the SP-600 UZ scores vs the GX7 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus SP-600 UZ & Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SP-600 UZ Gallery & Panasonic GX7 Gallery.

For those who are going to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SP-600 UZ comes with outside dimensions of 110mm x 90mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.5" x 3.6") with a weight of 455 grams (1.00 lbs) while the Panasonic GX7 has dimensions of 123mm x 71mm x 55mm (4.8" x 2.8" x 2.2") along with a weight of 402 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you select at the time. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the SP-600 UZ and the GX7.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the SP-600 UZ and GX7 is 69 and 81 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor dimensions just by viewing specifications. The picture here will give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the SP-600 UZ and GX7.

Plainly, both the cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The SP-600 UZ having a smaller sensor will make getting shallower DOF more difficult and the Panasonic GX7 will provide you with more detail using its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The more aged SP-600 UZ will be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.