Olympus SP-100 vs Ricoh GR Digital IV

Lets look much closer at the Olympus SP-100 and Ricoh GR Digital IV, one is a Small Sensor Superzoom and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Ricoh. There is a significant difference between the resolutions of the SP-100 (16MP) and GR Digital IV (10MP) and the SP-100 (1/2.3") and GR Digital IV (1/1.7") possess different sensor sizing.

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The SP-100 was announced 2 years after the GR Digital IV which is quite a sizable gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus SP-100 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera and the Ricoh GR Digital IV being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a thorough comparison, below is a quick summary of how the SP-100 scores vs the GR Digital IV in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus SP-100 and Ricoh GR Digital IV. The whole galleries are available at Olympus SP-100 Gallery and Ricoh GR Digital IV Gallery.

In case you're going to carry around your camera, you will have to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus SP-100 offers exterior dimensions of 122mm x 91mm x 133mm (4.8" x 3.6" x 5.2") with a weight of 594 grams (1.31 lbs) and the Ricoh GR Digital IV has dimensions of 109mm x 59mm x 33mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.3") and a weight of 190 grams (0.42 lbs).

Compare the Olympus SP-100 and Ricoh GR Digital IV in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you use at that time. Below is the front view physical size comparison of the SP-100 versus the GR Digital IV.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the SP-100 and GR Digital IV is 63 and 92 respectively.

Often, its tough to imagine the difference between sensor sizes merely by looking at specs. The image here will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the SP-100 and GR Digital IV.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The SP-100 with its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more difficult and the Olympus SP-100 will give greater detail with its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The newer SP-100 provides an advantage in sensor technology.