Pentax P80 vs Sony RX100 IV

Its time to take a deeper look at the Pentax P80 versus Sony RX100 IV, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by companies Pentax and Sony. There is a sizable difference among the resolutions of the P80 (12MP) and RX100 IV (20MP) and the P80 (1/2.3") and RX100 IV (1") enjoy different sensor size.

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The P80 was revealed 6 years before the RX100 IV and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Pentax P80 being a Compact camera and the Sony RX100 IV being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before we go in to a full comparison, below is a concise summation of how the P80 scores against the RX100 IV in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Pentax Optio P80 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV. The full galleries are available at Pentax P80 Gallery & Sony RX100 IV Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you need to factor its weight and size. The Pentax P80 has got external measurements of 102mm x 59mm x 25mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.0") and a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs) and the Sony RX100 IV has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 41mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.6") and a weight of 298 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you use at the time. The following is the front view proportions comparison of the P80 compared to the RX100 IV.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the P80 and RX100 IV is 95 and 89 respectively.

Usually, it can be difficult to picture the contrast in sensor measurements purely by looking through technical specs. The photograph underneath may provide you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the P80 and RX100 IV.

As you can tell, both of the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The P80 using its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF more challenging and the Sony RX100 IV will result in greater detail because of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older P80 will be behind when it comes to sensor technology.