Panasonic ZS15 vs Sony RX10

Below, we are looking at the Panasonic ZS15 and Sony RX10, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the ZS15 (12MP) and RX10 (20MP) and the ZS15 (1/2.3") and RX10 (1") enjoy totally different sensor dimensions.

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The ZS15 was manufactured 20 months prior to the RX10 making the cameras a generation away from one another. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic ZS15 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX10 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving through a more detailed comparison, below is a brief overview of how the ZS15 scores vs the RX10 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10. The entire galleries are available at Panasonic ZS15 Gallery & Sony RX10 Gallery.

For anybody who is looking to carry around your camera, you should factor in its weight and volume. The Panasonic ZS15 enjoys outer dimensions of 105mm x 58mm x 33mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs) and the Sony RX10 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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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have attached at that time. Below is the front view dimension comparison of the ZS15 vs the RX10.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the ZS15 and RX10 is 92 and 58 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to visualise the gap between sensor sizes just by looking at specs. The picture here will help offer you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the ZS15 and RX10.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The ZS15 due to its tinier sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field more challenging and the Sony RX10 will give you more detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop images much more aggressively. The more aged ZS15 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.