Olympus SP-800 UZ vs Sony TX200V

Its time to examine more in depth at the Olympus SP-800 UZ vs Sony TX200V, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Ultracompact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a considerable difference among the sensor resolutions of the SP-800 UZ (14MP) and TX200V (18MP) but they come with the exact same sensor sizes (1/2.3").

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The SP-800 UZ was announced 24 months before the TX200V making the cameras a generation away from each other. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus SP-800 UZ being a Compact camera and the Sony TX200V being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting straight into a full comparison, below is a brief summation of how the SP-800 UZ matches up against the TX200V when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus SP-800 UZ & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SP-800 UZ Gallery & Sony TX200V Gallery.

In case you're planning to carry around your camera regularly, you will need to think about its weight and measurements. The Olympus SP-800 UZ has outside measurements of 110mm x 90mm x 91mm (4.3" x 3.5" x 3.6") accompanied by a weight of 455 grams (1.00 lbs) and the Sony TX200V has proportions of 96mm x 58mm x 16mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.6") and a weight of 129 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have attached at that moment. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the SP-800 UZ against the TX200V.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the SP-800 UZ and TX200V is 69 and 96 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to visualize the gap in sensor sizes purely by viewing specifications. The pic here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the SP-800 UZ and TX200V.

To sum up, both of those cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements but different MP. You can anticipate the Sony TX200V to provide you with extra detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also help you crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The more aged SP-800 UZ will be behind in sensor tech.