Olympus SH-2 vs Pentax K110D

Here is a comprehensive assessment of the Olympus SH-2 and Pentax K110D, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by competitors Olympus and Pentax. There exists a noticeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the SH-2 (16MP) and K110D (6MP) and the SH-2 (1/2.3") and K110D (APS-C) provide different sensor sizes.

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The SH-2 was unveiled 8 years later than the K110D and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus SH-2 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K110D being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a quick summary of how the SH-2 scores vs the K110D when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus SH-2 & Pentax K110D. The full galleries are provided at Olympus SH-2 Gallery & Pentax K110D Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry your camera often, you need to factor its weight and measurements. The Olympus SH-2 provides external dimensions of 109mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.7") having a weight of 271 grams (0.60 lbs) while the Pentax K110D has proportions 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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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Here is a front view over all size comparison of the SH-2 versus the K110D.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SH-2 and K110D is 88 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, it is tough to imagine the contrast in sensor sizing simply by viewing technical specs. The graphic here will help give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the SH-2 and K110D.

As you can tell, both of the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The SH-2 having a smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF tougher and the Olympus SH-2 will render greater detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The more modern SH-2 provides an advantage with regard to sensor tech.