Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Sony NEX-F3

Let's look much closer at the Olympus SP-600 UZ vs Sony NEX-F3, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the sensor resolutions of the SP-600 UZ (12MP) and NEX-F3 (16MP) and the SP-600 UZ (1/2.3") and NEX-F3 (APS-C) enjoy totally different sensor size.

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The SP-600 UZ was manufactured 3 years prior to the NEX-F3 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus SP-600 UZ being a Compact camera and the Sony NEX-F3 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving straight into a complete comparison, below is a short view of how the SP-600 UZ scores versus the NEX-F3 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SP-600 UZ & Sony Alpha NEX-F3. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus SP-600 UZ Gallery & Sony NEX-F3 Gallery.

For those who are looking to carry your camera, you are going to need to factor in its weight and measurements. The Olympus SP-600 UZ features outside measurements of 110mm x 90mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.5" x 3.6") having a weight of 455 grams (1.00 lbs) whilst the Sony NEX-F3 has proportions of 117mm x 67mm x 42mm (4.6" x 2.6" x 1.7") and a weight of 314 grams (0.69 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are utilising during that time. Underneath is the front view measurement comparison of the SP-600 UZ and the NEX-F3.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the SP-600 UZ and NEX-F3 is 69 and 86 respectively.

Oftentimes, its hard to visualise the gap in sensor sizing just by going through specifications. The visual underneath will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the SP-600 UZ and NEX-F3.

To sum up, both the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The SP-600 UZ due to its smaller sensor will make shooting shallow depth of field trickier and the Sony NEX-F3 will provide more detail due to its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older SP-600 UZ will be behind in sensor technology.