Olympus Stylus XZ-10 vs Olympus XZ-1

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Olympus Stylus XZ-10 and the Olympus XZ-1, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 was introduced in January 2013 and Olympus XZ-1 was introduced in January 2011. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus Stylus XZ-10 over Olympus XZ-1.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus XZ-1 over Olympus Stylus XZ-10.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 and Olympus XZ-1 have 3.0" Fixed screens with 920k dot and 614k dot resolutions respectively. Olympus Stylus XZ-10 also features touchscreen which has advantages such as easy menu navigation, intuitive controls, quick setting adjustment

Camera does not have a built-in viewfinder but an optional electronic viewfinder can be attached on Olympus XZ-1.

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 features a 12 megapixel 1/2.3-inch BSI-CMOS sensor with dimensions of 6.17 x 4.55 mm and a total area of 28.1 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 6,400. Olympus XZ-1 features a 10 megapixel 1/1.63-inch CCD sensor with dimensions of 8.07 x 5.56 mm and a total area of 30.9 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 6,400.

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 has BSI-CMOS sensor, short for Backside Illuminated Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor sensor. In traditional CMOS sensors, the wiring and circuitry are located on the front side of the sensor, which can block some of the incoming light. BSI technology flips this design by placing the photosensitive elements (pixels) on the backside of the sensor, allowing more light to reach the pixels. This significantly enhances light sensitivity and improves low-light performance. BSI-CMOS sensors are particularly effective in low-light conditions, as they can capture more light, resulting in brighter and less noisy images. This makes them well-suited for indoor and night photography. BSI-CMOS sensors deliver a higher SNR and reduced cross-talk.

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 can take pictures up to 3968 x 2976 resolution. Olympus XZ-1 is equipped with TruePic V processor and can take pictures up to 3664 x 2752 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 3648 x 2736, 3648 x 2056, 3648 x 2432, 3200 x 2400, 3200 x 1800, 3216 x 2144, 2736 x 2736, 2400 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 2560 x 1440, 2544 x 1696, 1920 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1536 x 864, 1584 x 1056, 1296 x 864, 1280 x 960, 1280 x 720, 1216 x 1216, 1024 x 768, 1024 x 576, 1008 x 672, 960 x 960, 768 x 768, 640 x 480, 640 x 360, 624 x 416, 480 x 480 with 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 aspect ratios.

Image Stabilization

The cameras have a built-in [y] image stabilization.

USB Inputs and HDMI Outputs

Both models have USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) inputs for data transfer. Olympus Stylus XZ-10 has a Type D Mini HDMI and Olympus XZ-1 has a Type D Mini HDMI connector for video signal output.

Battery

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 and Olympus XZ-1 come with Li-50B battery pack with battery life of 240 shots on Olympus Stylus XZ-10 and with battery life of 320 shots on Olympus XZ-1.

External Storage Slots

Cameras have a single SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot.

Shutter

Shutter speed can go up to 1/2000 sec on Olympus Stylus XZ-10, and up to 1/2000 sec on Olympus XZ-1. Olympus Stylus XZ-10 can shoot continuously up to 5.0 fps. Olympus XZ-1 can shoot continuously up to 2.0 fps.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 8.60 m ISO 800 on Olympus XZ-1. They also accept external flash which can be connected via Wireless connection..

Olympus Stylus XZ-10 body has dimensions of 102 x 61 x 34 mm (4.02 x 2.4 x 1.34") and Olympus XZ-1 body has dimensions of 111 x 65 x 42 mm (4.37 x 2.56 x 1.65"). Olympus Stylus XZ-10 weighs 221 g (0.49 lb / 7.80 oz) and Olympus XZ-1 weighs 275 g (0.61 lb / 9.70 oz).

Olympus Stylus XZ-10

Olympus XZ-1

102 mm

61 mm

111 mm

65 mm