Olympus SP-610UZ vs Sony HX30V

Below is a comprehensive comparison of the Olympus SP-610UZ versus Sony HX30V, both Small Sensor Superzoom digital cameras by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a crucial difference between the resolutions of the SP-610UZ (14MP) and HX30V (18MP) but both cameras offer the identical sensor dimensions (1/2.3").

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The SP-610UZ was manufactured 13 months prior to the HX30V making them a generation apart from each other. Each of these cameras feature the same body design (Compact).

Before delving right into a comprehensive comparison, here is a quick highlight of how the SP-610UZ matches up against the HX30V when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus SP-610UZ and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V. The entire galleries are available at Olympus SP-610UZ Gallery and Sony HX30V Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera, you are going to need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SP-610UZ has got outer dimensions of 107mm x 73mm x 73mm (4.2" x 2.9" x 2.9") accompanied by a weight of 405 grams (0.89 lbs) while the Sony HX30V has dimensions of 107mm x 62mm x 35mm (4.2" x 2.4" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 254 grams (0.56 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the SP-610UZ compared to the HX30V.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the SP-610UZ and HX30V is 79 and 90 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to picture the contrast between sensor measurements only by checking specs. The photograph below should give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the SP-610UZ and HX30V.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras feature the identical sensor size but different MP. You should expect to see the Sony HX30V to resolve greater detail due to its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also help you crop images way more aggressively. The older SP-610UZ is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.