Olympus VG-110 vs Sony A55

Below is a thorough review of the Olympus VG-110 and Sony A55, former being a Ultracompact while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by brands Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the VG-110 (12MP) and A55 (16MP) and the VG-110 (1/2.3") and A55 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor sizes.

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The VG-110 was released 6 months later than the A55 so they are both of a similar age. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus VG-110 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A55 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting straight to a thorough comparison, here is a quick overview of how the VG-110 scores versus the A55 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus VG-110 & Sony SLT-A55. The complete galleries are available at Olympus VG-110 Gallery & Sony A55 Gallery.

When you are aiming to lug around your camera, you have to consider its weight and dimensions. The Olympus VG-110 provides outside dimensions of 92mm x 54mm x 20mm (3.6" x 2.1" x 0.8") accompanied by a weight of 105 grams (0.23 lbs) whilst the Sony A55 has dimensions of 124mm x 92mm x 85mm (4.9" x 3.6" x 3.3") accompanied by a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is a front view dimensions comparison of the VG-110 versus the A55.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the VG-110 and A55 is 97 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to see the difference between sensor measurements merely by looking at specifications. The visual here might give you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the VG-110 and A55.

Plainly, both of those cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The VG-110 due to its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony A55 will give greater detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics more aggressively.