Olympus VR-340 vs Sony RX10 II

Its time to look much closer at the Olympus VR-340 vs Sony RX10 II, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Large Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. The image resolution of the VR-340 (16MP) and the RX10 II (20MP) is relatively close but the VR-340 (1/2.3") and RX10 II (1") use totally different sensor measurements.

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The VR-340 was revealed 4 years before the RX10 II which is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus VR-340 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX10 II being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before diving through a in-depth comparison, below is a brief introduction of how the VR-340 scores versus the RX10 II with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus VR-340 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus VR-340 Gallery & Sony RX10 II Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to travel with your camera, you are going to need to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus VR-340 has outside 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) and the Sony RX10 II has sizing of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") along with a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is the front view measurement comparison of the VR-340 versus the RX10 II.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the VR-340 and RX10 II is 96 and 58 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to see the difference in sensor dimensions simply by researching a spec sheet. The picture underneath might give you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the VR-340 and RX10 II.

Clearly, both cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The VR-340 using its smaller sensor will make getting shallower depth of field trickier and the Sony RX10 II will render more detail because of its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will enable you to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The more aged VR-340 will be behind in sensor technology.