Olympus 7010 vs Sony RX100 V

Its time to look a little more in depth at the Olympus 7010 vs Sony RX100 V, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the sensor resolutions of the 7010 (12MP) and RX100 V (20MP) and the 7010 (1/2.3") and RX100 V (1") provide totally different sensor measurements.

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The 7010 was manufactured 8 years before the RX100 V and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Olympus 7010 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 V being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going right into a thorough comparison, here is a quick summation of how the 7010 matches up against the RX100 V in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus Stylus 7010 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus 7010 Gallery and Sony RX100 V Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus 7010 features physical dimensions of 98mm x 56mm x 26mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 145 grams (0.32 lbs) and the Sony RX100 V has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") along with a weight of 299 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you are working with at the time. Below is a front view over all size comparison of the 7010 against the RX100 V.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the 7010 and RX100 V is 94 and 89 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to see the difference in sensor measurements only by checking out a spec sheet. The graphic here will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the 7010 and RX100 V.

Clearly, each of these cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The 7010 due to its smaller sensor will make shooting shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony RX100 V will produce more detail due to its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics more aggressively. The older 7010 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.