Olympus Tough-3000 vs Sony RX100 III

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Olympus Tough-3000 vs Sony RX100 III, former is a Waterproof while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the Tough-3000 (12MP) and RX100 III (20MP) and the Tough-3000 (1/2.3") and RX100 III (1") feature totally different sensor measurements.

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The Tough-3000 was brought out 5 years prior to the RX100 III which is quite a sizable difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus Tough-3000 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 III being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before delving in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise highlight of how the Tough-3000 matches up vs the RX100 III in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III. The entire galleries are available at Olympus Tough-3000 Gallery & Sony RX100 III Gallery.

If you are looking to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus Tough-3000 has got outside dimensions of 96mm x 65mm x 23mm (3.8" x 2.6" x 0.9") with a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs) and the Sony RX100 III has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") along with a weight of 290 grams (0.64 lbs).

Examine the Olympus Tough-3000 vs Sony RX100 III in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at that time. Here is the front view sizing comparison of the Tough-3000 compared to the RX100 III.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the Tough-3000 and RX100 III is 94 and 89 respectively.

Often, its tough to see the difference between sensor dimensions just by reading through specs. The pic below will help give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the Tough-3000 and RX100 III.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The Tough-3000 featuring a tinier sensor will make getting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony RX100 III will give you extra detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop shots much more aggressively. The more aged Tough-3000 is going to be behind in sensor technology.