Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Ricoh GR

Lets examine more closely at the Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Ricoh GR, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Ricoh. There exists a substantial gap between the image resolutions of the SP-600 UZ (12MP) and GR (16MP) and the SP-600 UZ (1/2.3") and GR (APS-C) feature totally different sensor dimensions.

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The SP-600 UZ was launched 4 years before the GR and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus SP-600 UZ being a Compact camera and the Ricoh GR being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a thorough comparison, below is a short overview of how the SP-600 UZ scores against the GR when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SP-600 UZ & Ricoh GR. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus SP-600 UZ Gallery & Ricoh GR Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you'll need to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus SP-600 UZ has external 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 Ricoh GR has sizing of 117mm x 61mm x 35mm (4.6" x 2.4" x 1.4") along with a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Below is the front view size comparison of the SP-600 UZ vs the GR.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SP-600 UZ and GR is 69 and 90 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to see the gap between sensor measurements purely by looking at technical specs. The graphic here will help give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the SP-600 UZ and GR.

As you can tell, each of the cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The SP-600 UZ because of its tinier sensor will make shooting shallower DOF more challenging and the Ricoh GR will give you greater detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop shots a little more aggressively. The older SP-600 UZ is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.