Olympus VG-145 vs Sony QX100

Below is a detailed overview of the Olympus VG-145 vs Sony QX100, former being a Ultracompact while the other is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference among the sensor resolutions of the VG-145 (14MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the VG-145 (1/2.3") and QX100 (1") have different sensor dimensions.

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The VG-145 was unveiled 3 years prior to the QX100 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus VG-145 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before we go right into a detailed comparison, here is a quick summation of how the VG-145 grades versus the QX100 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus VG-145 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The full galleries are provided at Olympus VG-145 Gallery & Sony QX100 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera frequently, you have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus VG-145 comes with outer measurements of 96mm x 57mm x 19mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 120 grams (0.26 lbs) while the Sony QX100 has measurements of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") and a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilizing during that time. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the VG-145 vs the QX100.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the VG-145 and QX100 is 96 and 92 respectively.

Usually, it can be difficult to picture the difference in sensor measurements only by checking out specs. The photograph below will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the VG-145 and QX100.

All in all, each of these cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The VG-145 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF more difficult and the Sony QX100 will produce more detail having an extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also help you crop images a bit more aggressively. The older VG-145 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.