Olympus SH-3 vs Sony A7 III

Lets take a closer look at the Olympus SH-3 vs Sony A7 III, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Pro Mirrorless by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the resolutions of the SH-3 (16MP) and A7 III (24MP) and the SH-3 (1/2.3") and A7 III (Full frame) posses different sensor dimensions.

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The SH-3 was revealed 3 years prior to the A7 III and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus SH-3 being a Compact camera and the Sony A7 III being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a brief synopsis of how the SH-3 matches up against the A7 III with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus Stylus SH-3 & Sony Alpha A7 III. The full galleries are provided at Olympus SH-3 Gallery & Sony A7 III Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera frequently, you'll need to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus SH-3 offers outer dimensions of 109mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.7") with a weight of 271 grams (0.60 lbs) while the Sony A7 III has proportions of 127mm x 96mm x 74mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.9") having a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have during that time. Here is a front view scale comparison of the SH-3 compared to the A7 III.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SH-3 and A7 III is 88 and 63 respectively.

More often than not, it can be hard to imagine the contrast between sensor measurements only by reading through technical specs. The graphic below should offer you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the SH-3 and A7 III.

As you can tell, each of these cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The SH-3 with its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field trickier and the Sony A7 III will give extra detail because of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The older SH-3 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.