Olympus Tough-3000 vs Sony RX100 VA

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus Tough-3000 and Sony RX100 VA, former being a Waterproof while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the resolutions of the Tough-3000 (12MP) and RX100 VA (20MP) and the Tough-3000 (1/2.3") and RX100 VA (1") feature different sensor sizing.

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The Tough-3000 was unveiled 9 years earlier than the RX100 VA and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus Tough-3000 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 VA being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting straight into a comprehensive comparison, below is a short overview of how the Tough-3000 scores versus the RX100 VA in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V(A). The full galleries are available at Olympus Tough-3000 Gallery & Sony RX100 VA Gallery.

For those who are aiming to carry your camera regularly, you should factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus Tough-3000 comes with physical dimensions of 96mm x 65mm x 23mm (3.8" x 2.6" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 VA has measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 299 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you select at the time. Here is the front view over all size comparison of the Tough-3000 compared to the RX100 VA.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the Tough-3000 and RX100 VA is 94 and 89 respectively.

Generally, it is hard to visualize the contrast between sensor sizing merely by looking at specs. The graphic below will offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the Tough-3000 and RX100 VA.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The Tough-3000 using its tinier sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF trickier and the Sony RX100 VA will give more detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop pictures much more aggressively. The older Tough-3000 is going to be behind in sensor technology.