Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony TX200V

The following is a comprehensive assessment of the Olympus XZ-1 vs Sony TX200V, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference among the resolutions of the XZ-1 (10MP) and TX200V (18MP) and the XZ-1 (1/1.63") and TX200V (1/2.3") come with different sensor sizing.

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The XZ-1 was brought out 12 months before the TX200V so they are of a similar age. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus XZ-1 being a Compact camera and the Sony TX200V being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving through a thorough comparison, below is a quick highlight of how the XZ-1 matches up against the TX200V in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus XZ-1 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus XZ-1 Gallery & Sony TX200V Gallery.

For those who are planning to travel with your camera frequently, you'll need to think about its weight and size. The Olympus XZ-1 features outer dimensions of 111mm x 65mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 1.7") and a weight of 275 grams (0.61 lbs) whilst the Sony TX200V has specifications of 96mm x 58mm x 16mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.6") accompanied by a weight of 129 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the XZ-1 against the TX200V.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the XZ-1 and TX200V is 88 and 96 respectively.

Oftentimes, its tough to picture the gap in sensor dimensions merely by viewing specs. The picture below may provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the XZ-1 and TX200V.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The XZ-1 due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony TX200V will provide you with more detail having its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The more aged XZ-1 will be behind in sensor tech.