Panasonic GX9 vs Ricoh CX6

Its time to take a closer look at the Panasonic GX9 and Ricoh CX6, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Panasonic and Ricoh. There is a considerable difference among the sensor resolutions of the GX9 (20MP) and CX6 (10MP) and the GX9 (Four Thirds) and CX6 (1/2.3") provide different sensor dimensions.

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The GX9 was brought out 6 years later than the CX6 and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera tech is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic GX9 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Ricoh CX6 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a simple summary of how the GX9 matches up vs the CX6 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Panasonic Lumix DC-GX9 & Ricoh CX6. The entire galleries are viewable at Panasonic GX9 Gallery & Ricoh CX6 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera often, you should factor its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic GX9 enjoys external measurements of 124mm x 72mm x 47mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.9") having a weight of 407 grams (0.90 lbs) while the Ricoh CX6 has dimensions of 104mm x 59mm x 29mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") along with a weight of 201 grams (0.44 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing at that time. Following is a front view proportions comparison of the GX9 compared to the CX6.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the GX9 and CX6 is 82 and 92 respectively.

Generally, it is difficult to picture the difference in sensor measurements just by checking out specs. The visual here should provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the GX9 and CX6.

As you can plainly see, both cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The GX9 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field less difficult and the Panasonic GX9 will show greater detail having its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop images a good deal more aggressively. The more recent GX9 provides a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.