Olympus VR-330 vs Sony QX100

Below is a detailed overview of the Olympus VR-330 and Sony QX100, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap among the sensor resolutions of the VR-330 (14MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the VR-330 (1/2.3") and QX100 (1") enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The VR-330 was manufactured 3 years earlier than the QX100 and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus VR-330 being a Compact camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before delving straight into a in depth comparison, below is a quick overview of how the VR-330 scores vs the QX100 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus VR-330 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus VR-330 Gallery & Sony QX100 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor in its weight and proportions. The Olympus VR-330 has external measurements of 101mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") along with a weight of 158 grams (0.35 lbs) and the Sony QX100 has measurements of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") along with a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have at the time. Below is the front view sizing comparison of the VR-330 and the QX100.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the VR-330 and QX100 is 94 and 92 respectively.

Typically, its hard to visualize the difference in sensor measurements only by looking through specifications. The visual below might offer you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the VR-330 and QX100.

To sum up, both of these cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The VR-330 because of its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony QX100 will result in extra detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs far more aggressively. The older VR-330 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.