Olympus VR-330 vs Sony A6600

Its time to take a closer look at the Olympus VR-330 and Sony A6600, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap among the sensor resolutions of the VR-330 (14MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the VR-330 (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) have totally different sensor size.

Meta to Introduce 'AI-Generated' Labels for Media starting next month

The VR-330 was announced 9 years before the A6600 and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus VR-330 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting straight to a full comparison, here is a short summary of how the VR-330 scores versus the A6600 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus VR-330 & Sony Alpha a6600. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus VR-330 Gallery & Sony A6600 Gallery.

If you are going to carry your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus VR-330 has outside measurements of 101mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") with a weight of 158 grams (0.35 lbs) while the Sony A6600 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") accompanied by a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

Check out the Olympus VR-330 and Sony A6600 in our brand new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you select at that moment. Underneath is a front view overall size comparison of the VR-330 and the A6600.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the VR-330 and A6600 is 94 and 77 respectively.

Quite often, its tough to envision the contrast in sensor sizing only by looking through a spec sheet. The visual below will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the VR-330 and A6600.

As you can see, both of these cameras have different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The VR-330 with its smaller sensor will make achieving shallow DOF more difficult and the Sony A6600 will provide you with greater detail with its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics a bit more aggressively. The older VR-330 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.