Ricoh WG-30 vs Sony W330

Its time to look a little more closely at the Ricoh WG-30 vs Sony W330, former being a Waterproof while the other is a Ultracompact by companies Ricoh and Sony. The resolution of the WG-30 (16MP) and the W330 (14MP) is fairly similar and both cameras have the same sensor sizes (1/2.3").

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The WG-30 was revealed 4 years later than the W330 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Ricoh WG-30 being a Compact camera and the Sony W330 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a short summary of how the WG-30 scores vs the W330 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Ricoh WG-30 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330. The full galleries are provided at Ricoh WG-30 Gallery & Sony W330 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera often, you have to take into account its weight and volume. The Ricoh WG-30 has outside dimensions of 123mm x 62mm x 30mm (4.8" x 2.4" x 1.2") with a weight of 192 grams (0.42 lbs) whilst the Sony W330 has sizing of 96mm x 57mm x 17mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") with a weight of 128 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have chosen at that time. Underneath is a front view measurement comparison of the WG-30 versus the W330.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the WG-30 and W330 is 91 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to imagine the difference between sensor measurements only by reading specs. The graphic below should provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the WG-30 and W330.

All in all, both the cameras provide the same sensor dimensions but different resolution. You can anticipate the Ricoh WG-30 to offer you extra detail because of its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop pics more aggressively. The more modern WG-30 should have an edge when it comes to sensor tech.