Olympus SP-620 UZ vs Sony A6600

Here is a comprehensive analysis of the Olympus SP-620 UZ and Sony A6600, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the image resolutions of the SP-620 UZ (16MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the SP-620 UZ (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) have different sensor measurements.

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The SP-620 UZ was announced 8 years prior to the A6600 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus SP-620 UZ being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a short synopsis of how the SP-620 UZ matches up vs the A6600 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus SP-620 UZ & Sony Alpha a6600. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SP-620 UZ Gallery & Sony A6600 Gallery.

For those who are going to carry your camera, you will want to consider its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SP-620 UZ offers outside measurements of 110mm x 74mm x 74mm (4.3" x 2.9" x 2.9") having a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) whilst the Sony A6600 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") and a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is a front view size comparison of the SP-620 UZ against the A6600.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SP-620 UZ and A6600 is 78 and 77 respectively.

More often than not, it's difficult to imagine the gap between sensor sizing purely by reading through specifications. The visual here will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the SP-620 UZ and A6600.

To sum up, both the cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The SP-620 UZ using its tinier sensor is going to make shooting bokeh trickier and the Sony A6600 will give extra detail with its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop images way more aggressively. The older SP-620 UZ is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.