Olympus Tough-3000 vs Samsung NX200

Following is a comprehensive comparison of the Olympus Tough-3000 vs Samsung NX200, one is a Waterproof and the other is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Samsung. There exists a sizeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the Tough-3000 (12MP) and NX200 (20MP) and the Tough-3000 (1/2.3") and NX200 (APS-C) possess different sensor size.

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The Tough-3000 was brought out 3 years prior to the NX200 which is a fairly large gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus Tough-3000 being a Compact camera and the Samsung NX200 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief summation of how the Tough-3000 scores vs the NX200 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 and Samsung NX200. The entire galleries are available at Olympus Tough-3000 Gallery and Samsung NX200 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to carry around your camera, you need to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus Tough-3000 provides outer measurements of 96mm x 65mm x 23mm (3.8" x 2.6" x 0.9") with a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs) whilst the Samsung NX200 has specifications of 117mm x 63mm x 36mm (4.6" x 2.5" x 1.4") along with a weight of 223 grams (0.49 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you select at that moment. Below is the front view dimensions comparison of the Tough-3000 vs the NX200.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the Tough-3000 and NX200 is 94 and 90 respectively.

Normally, it's hard to picture the difference in sensor sizes purely by checking out specs. The picture below will help offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the Tough-3000 and NX200.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The Tough-3000 featuring a smaller sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF harder and the Samsung NX200 will provide more detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more aged Tough-3000 will be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.