Olympus SZ-11 vs Sony A6300

Here is a in-depth comparison of the Olympus SZ-11 and Sony A6300, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the SZ-11 (14MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the SZ-11 (1/2.3") and A6300 (APS-C) possess totally different sensor size.

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The SZ-11 was unveiled 5 years prior to the A6300 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus SZ-11 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a simple synopsis of how the SZ-11 scores against the A6300 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SZ-11 & Sony Alpha a6300. The full galleries are provided at Olympus SZ-11 Gallery & Sony A6300 Gallery.

If you are aiming to carry your camera regularly, you will have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SZ-11 enjoys outside dimensions of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") having a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs) and the Sony A6300 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") and a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have at that time. The following is the front view scale comparison of the SZ-11 compared to the A6300.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SZ-11 and A6300 is 89 and 83 respectively.

Typically, it is very hard to visualise the contrast between sensor sizing purely by reading through a spec sheet. The graphic here will offer you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the SZ-11 and A6300.

As you can see, both the cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The SZ-11 with its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony A6300 will resolve more detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures far more aggressively. The older SZ-11 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.