Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony A6400

Here is a extensive overview of the Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony A6400, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a huge difference among the resolutions of the XZ-1 (10MP) and A6400 (24MP) and the XZ-1 (1/1.63") and A6400 (APS-C) come with different sensor sizing.

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The XZ-1 was introduced 9 years earlier than the A6400 and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus XZ-1 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6400 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going in to a more detailed comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the XZ-1 scores against the A6400 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus XZ-1 and Sony Alpha a6400. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus XZ-1 Gallery and Sony A6400 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to carry your camera, you will need to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus XZ-1 offers outside measurements of 111mm x 65mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") having a weight of 275 grams (0.61 lbs) and the Sony A6400 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.0") and a weight of 403 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have during that time. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the XZ-1 and the A6400.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the XZ-1 and A6400 is 88 and 83 respectively.

Often, its difficult to imagine the contrast in sensor sizing merely by checking out specs. The visual underneath will provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the XZ-1 and A6400.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The XZ-1 with its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field tougher and the Sony A6400 will show more detail using its extra 14MP. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs far more aggressively. The older XZ-1 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.