Olympus SZ-10 vs Sony QX10

Here is a complete review of the Olympus SZ-10 and Sony QX10, one being a Small Sensor Superzoom and the other is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the image resolutions of the SZ-10 (14MP) and QX10 (18MP) but both cameras posses the identical sensor sizing (1/2.3").

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The SZ-10 was announced 3 years prior to the QX10 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus SZ-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony QX10 being a Lens-style camera.

Before getting into a detailed comparison, here is a brief summation of how the SZ-10 scores against the QX10 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus SZ-10 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SZ-10 Gallery and Sony QX10 Gallery.

When you are intending to carry your camera frequently, you'll have to consider its weight and proportions. The Olympus SZ-10 has physical dimensions of 106mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.2" x 2.6" x 1.5") along with a weight of 215 grams (0.47 lbs) and the Sony QX10 has measurements of 62mm x 62mm x 33mm (2.4" x 2.4" x 1.3") and a weight of 105 grams (0.23 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you have attached at that time. Following is a front view proportions comparison of the SZ-10 and the QX10.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SZ-10 and QX10 is 90 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to imagine the difference in sensor sizing just by seeing specs. The graphic underneath should provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the SZ-10 and QX10.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras come with the identical sensor size but different megapixels. You should expect to see the Sony QX10 to produce greater detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The older SZ-10 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.