Olympus Tough-3000 vs Sony HX9V

Let's look much closer at the Olympus Tough-3000 versus Sony HX9V, former being a Waterproof while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the Tough-3000 (12MP) and HX9V (16MP) but they come with the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The Tough-3000 was released 18 months earlier than the HX9V making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Each of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before delving in to a in-depth comparison, below is a quick summation of how the Tough-3000 scores versus the HX9V in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V. The complete galleries are available at Olympus Tough-3000 Gallery & Sony HX9V Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera often, you will need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus Tough-3000 provides outer measurements of 96mm x 65mm x 23mm (3.8" x 2.6" x 0.9") having a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs) whilst the Sony HX9V has measurements of 105mm x 59mm x 34mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

See the Olympus Tough-3000 versus Sony HX9V in our brand new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Following is the front view physical size comparison of the Tough-3000 and the HX9V.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the Tough-3000 and HX9V is 94 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to imagine the gap between sensor measurements purely by going over specifications. The graphic here will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the Tough-3000 and HX9V.

Plainly, both of the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements but different resolution. You can anticipate the Sony HX9V to deliver greater detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos much more aggressively. The older Tough-3000 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.