Olympus 6000 vs Sony A99

Its time to look much closer at the Olympus 6000 and Sony A99, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the 6000 (10MP) and A99 (24MP) and the 6000 (1/2.3") and A99 (Full frame) posses totally different sensor dimensions.

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The 6000 was revealed 4 years before the A99 and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. The two cameras have different body design with the Olympus 6000 being a Compact camera and the Sony A99 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before diving right into a more detailed comparison, here is a simple view of how the 6000 scores versus the A99 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 & Sony SLT-A99. The full galleries are available at Olympus 6000 Gallery & Sony A99 Gallery.

If you are looking to lug around your camera frequently, you'll have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus 6000 provides outside measurements of 95mm x 63mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.5" x 0.9") having a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs) whilst the Sony A99 has dimensions of 147mm x 111mm x 78mm (5.8" x 4.4" x 3.1") having a weight of 812 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are utilizing at the time. Following is a front view sizing comparison of the 6000 versus the A99.

Considering size and weight, the portability grade of the 6000 and A99 is 94 and 57 respectively.

Oftentimes, it's hard to see the contrast between sensor measurements just by looking at specs. The photograph here will help give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the 6000 and A99.

All in all, both of these cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The 6000 having a tinier sensor will make getting shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony A99 will resolve greater detail because of its extra 14 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images more aggressively. The older 6000 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.