Olympus VG-160 vs Sony A560

Lets examine more closely at the Olympus VG-160 versus Sony A560, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by rivals Olympus and Sony. The resolution of the VG-160 (14MP) and the A560 (14MP) is relatively well matched but the VG-160 (1/2.3") and A560 (APS-C) feature different sensor sizing.

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The VG-160 was announced 17 months after the A560 which makes the cameras a generation away from one another. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus VG-160 being a Compact camera and the Sony A560 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before diving in to a complete comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the VG-160 matches up versus the A560 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus VG-160 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A560. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus VG-160 Gallery & Sony A560 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry around your camera, you will need to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus VG-160 has got outer dimensions of 96mm x 57mm x 19mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs) while the Sony A560 has sizing of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") having a weight of 599 grams (1.32 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. The following is the front view sizing comparison of the VG-160 compared to the A560.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the VG-160 and A560 is 96 and 64 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to picture the difference between sensor sizes only by looking at specs. The picture here will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the VG-160 and A560.

As you can plainly see, both cameras posses the exact same megapixels albeit different sensor sizes. The VG-160 contains the tinier sensor which is going to make getting shallow DOF harder. The younger VG-160 should have an edge in sensor tech.