Ricoh WG-4 vs Sony TX1

Its time to examine more closely at the Ricoh WG-4 versus Sony TX1, former being a Waterproof while the latter is a Ultracompact by competitors Ricoh and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the WG-4 (16MP) and TX1 (10MP) and the WG-4 (1/2.3") and TX1 (1/2.4") enjoy totally different sensor measurements.

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The WG-4 was released 4 years later than the TX1 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Ricoh WG-4 being a Compact camera and the Sony TX1 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting through a comprehensive comparison, below is a brief summation of how the WG-4 grades versus the TX1 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Ricoh WG-4 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1. The complete galleries are provided at Ricoh WG-4 Gallery & Sony TX1 Gallery.

When you are going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Ricoh WG-4 provides outer dimensions of 124mm x 64mm x 33mm (4.9" x 2.5" x 1.3") with a weight of 230 grams (0.51 lbs) while the Sony TX1 has dimensions of 94mm x 58mm x 17mm (3.7" x 2.3" x 0.7") along with a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you choose during that time. Following is the front view physical size comparison of the WG-4 against the TX1.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the WG-4 and TX1 is 90 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it's hard to see the gap between sensor measurements purely by checking technical specs. The visual below will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the WG-4 and TX1.

As you have seen, each of these cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The WG-4 because of its bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Ricoh WG-4 will give you extra detail as a result of its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The younger WG-4 is going to have a benefit in sensor technology.