Olympus SP-800 UZ vs Pentax K-50

Let's look closer at the Olympus SP-800 UZ vs Pentax K-50, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Olympus and Pentax. The resolution of the SP-800 UZ (14MP) and the K-50 (16MP) is pretty comparable but the SP-800 UZ (1/2.3") and K-50 (APS-C) have different sensor measurements.

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The SP-800 UZ was brought out 4 years earlier than the K-50 and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus SP-800 UZ being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-50 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going right into a thorough comparison, here is a brief view of how the SP-800 UZ scores versus the K-50 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SP-800 UZ & Pentax K-50. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus SP-800 UZ Gallery & Pentax K-50 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera often, you need to take into account its weight and size. The Olympus SP-800 UZ has got external measurements of 110mm x 90mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.5" x 3.6") along with a weight of 455 grams (1.00 lbs) while the Pentax K-50 has specifications of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") and a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. The following is a front view sizing comparison of the SP-800 UZ versus the K-50.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the SP-800 UZ and K-50 is 69 and 63 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements only by checking out technical specs. The photograph below will help give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the SP-800 UZ and K-50.

As you can tell, each of these cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The SP-800 UZ featuring a smaller sensor is going to make getting bokeh harder and the Pentax K-50 will produce extra detail having its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older SP-800 UZ will be behind when it comes to sensor tech.