Olympus SZ-10 vs Sony RX100 II

On this page, we will be looking at the Olympus SZ-10 versus Sony RX100 II, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the sensor resolutions of the SZ-10 (14MP) and RX100 II (20MP) and the SZ-10 (1/2.3") and RX100 II (1") boast totally different sensor measurements.

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The SZ-10 was announced 3 years earlier than the RX100 II which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus SZ-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving right into a detailed comparison, here is a brief view of how the SZ-10 scores versus the RX100 II for portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SZ-10 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SZ-10 Gallery & Sony RX100 II Gallery.

If you are going to carry around your camera frequently, you should think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SZ-10 comes with outside dimensions of 106mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.2" x 2.6" x 1.5") with a weight of 215 grams (0.47 lbs) while the Sony RX100 II has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 38mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 281 grams (0.62 lbs).

Analyze the Olympus SZ-10 versus Sony RX100 II in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have at the time. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the SZ-10 compared to the RX100 II.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SZ-10 and RX100 II is 90 and 89 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor sizes only by researching a spec sheet. The pic below should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the SZ-10 and RX100 II.

Clearly, both of those cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The SZ-10 using its smaller sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field trickier and the Sony RX100 II will result in more detail with its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop pictures more aggressively. The more aged SZ-10 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.