Olympus 9000 vs Sony A6600

Below is a detailed overview of the Olympus 9000 and Sony A6600, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap between the image resolutions of the 9000 (12MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the 9000 (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) posses different sensor dimensions.

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The 9000 was introduced 11 years before the A6600 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus 9000 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving into a more detailed comparison, here is a short overview of how the 9000 grades against the A6600 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus 9000 and Sony Alpha a6600. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus 9000 Gallery and Sony A6600 Gallery.

For those who are looking to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to consider its weight and dimensions. The Olympus 9000 enjoys external dimensions of 96mm x 60mm x 31mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.2") along with a weight of 225 grams (0.50 lbs) and the Sony A6600 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") accompanied by a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

See the Olympus 9000 and Sony A6600 in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you are working with during that time. Underneath is a front view measurements comparison of the 9000 and the A6600.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the 9000 and A6600 is 92 and 77 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to imagine the difference between sensor measurements only by going over specifications. The visual below should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the 9000 and A6600.

To sum up, both of those cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The 9000 with its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony A6600 will deliver more detail using its extra 12MP. Higher resolution will help you crop pictures a good deal more aggressively. The older 9000 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.