Olympus SZ-16 iHS vs Pentax K110D

Let's look more in depth at the Olympus SZ-16 iHS and Pentax K110D, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Olympus and Pentax. There is a substantial difference among the sensor resolutions of the SZ-16 iHS (16MP) and K110D (6MP) and the SZ-16 iHS (1/2.3") and K110D (APS-C) boast different sensor size.

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The SZ-16 iHS was unveiled 6 years later than the K110D and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus SZ-16 iHS being a Compact camera and the Pentax K110D being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go right into a full comparison, here is a concise overview of how the SZ-16 iHS scores vs the K110D with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus SZ-16 iHS & Pentax K110D. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus SZ-16 iHS Gallery & Pentax K110D Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SZ-16 iHS has external measurements of 108mm x 70mm x 40mm (4.3" x 2.8" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs) whilst the Pentax K110D has dimensions of 129mm x 93mm x 70mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.8") and a weight of 585 grams (1.29 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you use at the time. Here is a front view overall size comparison of the SZ-16 iHS versus the K110D.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability grade of the SZ-16 iHS and K110D is 89 and 67 respectively.

Often, it can be difficult to visualize the difference in sensor measurements just by looking through specs. The visual here should give you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the SZ-16 iHS and K110D.

All in all, the 2 cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The SZ-16 iHS using its smaller sensor is going to make achieving bokeh tougher and the Olympus SZ-16 iHS will render more detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The more recent SZ-16 iHS provides a benefit with regard to sensor tech.