Olympus SZ-12 vs Sony A6300

On this page, we will be comparing the Olympus SZ-12 vs Sony A6300, one being a Small Sensor Superzoom and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a sizeable difference between the image resolutions of the SZ-12 (14MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the SZ-12 (1/2.3") and A6300 (APS-C) posses different sensor measurements.

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The SZ-12 was revealed 5 years before the A6300 and that is quite a large gap as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus SZ-12 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting right into a more detailed comparison, here is a simple overview of how the SZ-12 matches up vs the A6300 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SZ-12 and Sony Alpha a6300. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus SZ-12 Gallery and Sony A6300 Gallery.

If you are looking to carry your camera often, you have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SZ-12 offers outer dimensions of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs) whilst the Sony A6300 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") along with a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you are working with during that time. The following is a front view size comparison of the SZ-12 against the A6300.

Considering size and weight, the portability grade of the SZ-12 and A6300 is 89 and 83 respectively.

Often, it is very difficult to picture the gap between sensor sizing purely by reading a spec sheet. The photograph underneath should give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the SZ-12 and A6300.

Clearly, both of these cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The SZ-12 having a tinier sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF harder and the Sony A6300 will deliver more detail because of its extra 10MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs more aggressively. The older SZ-12 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.