Olympus TG-850 iHS vs Pentax KP

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus TG-850 iHS versus Pentax KP, one being a Waterproof and the other is a Advanced DSLR by companies Olympus and Pentax. There exists a huge gap among the image resolutions of the TG-850 iHS (16MP) and KP (24MP) and the TG-850 iHS (1/2.3") and KP (APS-C) use totally different sensor measurements.

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The TG-850 iHS was released 4 years earlier than the KP and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus TG-850 iHS being a Compact camera and the Pentax KP being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before we go straight into a thorough comparison, below is a brief summation of how the TG-850 iHS matches up vs the KP with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus Stylus Tough TG-850 iHS and Pentax KP. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus TG-850 iHS Gallery and Pentax KP Gallery.

For those who are going to carry your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus TG-850 iHS offers outside dimensions of 110mm x 64mm x 28mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.1") having a weight of 218 grams (0.48 lbs) while the Pentax KP has proportions of 132mm x 101mm x 76mm (5.2" x 4.0" x 3.0") with a weight of 703 grams (1.55 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you use at that moment. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the TG-850 iHS and the KP.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the TG-850 iHS and KP is 91 and 61 respectively.

Typically, it can be hard to visualise the gap in sensor sizing just by checking out a spec sheet. The photograph underneath will offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the TG-850 iHS and KP.

As you can see, both the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The TG-850 iHS because of its smaller sensor will make shooting shallower DOF tougher and the Pentax KP will produce more detail as a result of its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older TG-850 iHS will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.