Olympus 1s vs Sony WX500

On this page, we are looking at the Olympus 1s and Sony WX500, both Small Sensor Superzoom digital cameras by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the 1s (12MP) and WX500 (18MP) and the 1s (1/1.7") and WX500 (1/2.3") boast different sensor sizing.

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The 1s was launched within a month of the WX500 and they are of a similar age. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus 1s being a SLR-like (bridge) camera and the Sony WX500 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a complete comparison, here is a concise introduction of how the 1s matches up versus the WX500 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus Stylus 1s & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500. The complete galleries are available at Olympus 1s Gallery & Sony WX500 Gallery.

In case you're going to travel with your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor in its weight and proportions. The Olympus 1s enjoys outside dimensions of 116mm x 87mm x 57mm (4.6" x 3.4" x 2.2") having a weight of 402 grams (0.89 lbs) while the Sony WX500 has measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") along with a weight of 236 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are utilizing during that time. Underneath is a front view physical size comparison of the 1s against the WX500.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the 1s and WX500 is 79 and 91 respectively.

Generally, its hard to picture the contrast between sensor dimensions purely by looking at technical specs. The image here may give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the 1s and WX500.

As you can tell, each of the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The 1s because of its larger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony WX500 will give more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop photos a bit more aggressively.