Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony T110

On this page, we are evaluating the Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony T110, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Ultracompact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the resolutions of the XZ-1 (10MP) and T110 (16MP) and the XZ-1 (1/1.63") and T110 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizing.

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The XZ-1 was announced about the same time to the T110 which means that they are of a similar age. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus XZ-1 being a Compact camera and the Sony T110 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight to a thorough comparison, here is a brief introduction of how the XZ-1 scores vs the T110 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus XZ-1 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T110. The whole galleries are available at Olympus XZ-1 Gallery & Sony T110 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to carry around your camera, you will have to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus XZ-1 has got exterior dimensions of 111mm x 65mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") along with a weight of 275 grams (0.61 lbs) while the Sony T110 has measurements of 93mm x 56mm x 17mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") and a weight of 121 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at that time. The following is a front view measurements comparison of the XZ-1 and the T110.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the XZ-1 and T110 is 88 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to visualize the contrast in sensor sizes purely by researching specs. The image below will help give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the XZ-1 and T110.

All in all, both of these cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The XZ-1 with its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony T110 will result in greater detail with its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop photos a bit more aggressively.