Olympus SZ-31MR iHS vs Sony A7S II

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS and Sony A7S II, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Pro Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap among the resolutions of the SZ-31MR iHS (16MP) and A7S II (12MP) and the SZ-31MR iHS (1/2.3") and A7S II (Full frame) come with different sensor sizes.

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The SZ-31MR iHS was launched 4 years before the A7S II and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS being a Compact camera and the Sony A7S II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before going in to a in depth comparison, below is a brief overview of how the SZ-31MR iHS scores versus the A7S II in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus SZ-31MR iHS & Sony Alpha A7S II. The complete galleries are available at Olympus SZ-31MR iHS Gallery & Sony A7S II Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you'll have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus SZ-31MR iHS offers outer measurements of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs) while the Sony A7S II has proportions of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") and a weight of 627 grams (1.38 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you choose at that moment. Following is the front view physical size comparison of the SZ-31MR iHS against the A7S II.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SZ-31MR iHS and A7S II is 89 and 68 respectively.

Normally, it is very hard to picture the gap in sensor measurements purely by viewing technical specs. The visual here should give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the SZ-31MR iHS and A7S II.

As you have seen, both of these cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The SZ-31MR iHS because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field harder and the Olympus SZ-31MR iHS will provide you with more detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop images a little more aggressively. The older SZ-31MR iHS will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.