Olympus XZ-10 vs Sony A6100

On this page, we are looking at the Olympus XZ-10 versus Sony A6100, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the XZ-10 (12MP) and A6100 (24MP) and the XZ-10 (1/2.3") and A6100 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor dimensions.

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The XZ-10 was introduced 7 years prior to the A6100 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus XZ-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6100 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a quick summary of how the XZ-10 grades against the A6100 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus Stylus XZ-10 & Sony Alpha a6100. The whole galleries are available at Olympus XZ-10 Gallery & Sony A6100 Gallery.

When you are aiming to lug around your camera, you're going to have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus XZ-10 has outside dimensions of 102mm x 61mm x 34mm (4.0" x 2.4" x 1.3") and a weight of 221 grams (0.49 lbs) while the Sony A6100 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 59mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.3") along with a weight of 396 grams (0.87 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at that time. Below is a front view dimension comparison of the XZ-10 against the A6100.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the XZ-10 and A6100 is 91 and 81 respectively.

Typically, it's hard to envision the gap between sensor measurements merely by reading through specs. The visual below may provide you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the XZ-10 and A6100.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The XZ-10 having a tinier sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony A6100 will resolve more detail using its extra 12MP. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop images more aggressively. The older XZ-10 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.