Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI vs. Olympus Tough TG-6

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI and Olympus Tough TG-6. Compare design, sensors, zoom functions, batteries and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect digital camera. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the camera that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI vs. Olympus Tough TG-6 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - compact Digital camera - 4K - compact
Lens Included Carl Zeiss -
Height 5.81 cm 6.6 cm
Width 10.16 cm 11.3 cm
Depth 4.28 cm 3.24 cm
Weight 274 g 253 g
Weight Details Camera only: 274 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 301 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 253 g
Enclosure Colour - Black | Red
Protection - Waterproof, crushproof, freezeproof, shockproof, dust-resistant
Optical Zoom 8x 4x
Navigation - GPS/GLONASS/QZSS receiver
SENSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Sensor Resolution 20.1 Megapixel 12.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Exmor RS CMOS BSI-CMOS
Total Pixels - 12,700,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 20,100,000 pixels 12,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1.0" 1/2.3"
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 30 fps
Image Stabiliser Optical (Steady Shot with Intelligent Active Mode) Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes Yes
Sensors Digital level metre Accelerometer, magnetometer, thermometre, pressure sensor
PROCESSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Image Processor BIONZ X TruePic VIII
LENS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Type Carl Zeiss zoom lens - 8x zoom - 9 - 72 mm - f/2.8-4.5 Vario-Sonnar T* Zoom lens - 4x zoom - 4.5 - 18 mm - f/2.0-4.9 - zoom
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 24 - 200mm 25 - 100mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual Automatic
Min Focus Distance 8 cm 10 cm
Macro Focus Range - 0.54cm
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive Motorised drive
Lens Construction 12 groups / 15 elements 7 groups / 9 elements
Filter Size - 40.5 mm
Features Built-in lens shield, ED glass, aspherical lens, AA (advanced aspherical) lens, T* coating Built-in lens shield, aspherical lens, anti-fog coating
FOCUSING Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 315 25
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Eye detection AF, Touch and Drag AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF
Face Detection Smile Shutter Yes
VIEWFINDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED -
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.39" -
Viewfinder Resolution 2,359,296 pixels -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.59x -
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -
Features Viewfinder brightness control -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
ISO (Max) 25600 12800
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 125, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 160, ISO 320, ISO 640, ISO 80, ISO 500, ISO 250, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO 1000, ISO 1250, ISO 2000, ISO 2500, ISO 4000, ISO 5000, ISO 12800, ISO 25600, ISO 10000, ISO 8000, ISO auto (125-12800) ISO auto (100-1600), ISO 100-12800
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, automatic, aperture-priority
Bracketing Modes Dynamic Range Bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing Focus bracketing
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, beach/snow, landscape-portrait, Children, fireworks, night landscape, panorama assist, sports mode, sunset, candle, e-portrait, handheld starlight, backlight correction HDR, portrait + nightscape, live composite
Special Effects - Soft focus, Water Colour, Diorama, Cross Process, partial colour, Grainy Film, Light Tone, Pop Art, Pale & Light Colour, pin hole, Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Bleach Bypass, Key Line, Vintage, Instant Film
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), fluorescent light (daylight white) Fluorescent, sunlight, tungsten light, overcast, Underwater
Max Shutter Speed 1/32000 sec 1/2000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 4 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
Min Illumination 2.9 lux -
DISPLAY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes -
Display Format 921,600 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control, TRILUMINOS Colour technology Display brightness control
FLASH Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Built-in flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, slow sync Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash exposure bracketing AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
Effective Flash Range 0.4 m - 5.9 m: ISO auto (wide lens)
1 m - 3.1 m: ISO auto (tele lens)
12.4 m: ISO 12800 (wide lens)
7 m: ISO 12800 (tele lens)
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VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Digital Video Format AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - PCM
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
MEMORY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Memory Card Slot Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card - 32 GB SDHC
Memory Card Included No Yes
Image Storage 5472 x 3648
3888 x 2592
2736 x 1824
4864 x 3648
3648 x 2736
2592 x 1944
640 x 480
5472 x 3080
3648 x 2056
2720 x 1528
3648 x 3648
2544 x 2544
1920 x 1920
RAW 4000 x 3000
JPEG 4000 x 3000
JPEG 1280 x 720
Video Capture - MOV - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 102Mbps
MOV - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 102Mbps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps
MOV - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
MOV - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps
MOV - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Battery Type Sony NP-BX1 Lithium Ion Olympus Li-92B Lithium Ion
Details Sony NP-BX1 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Olympus Li-92B Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1350 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 240 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 220 shots (EVF on)
Video recording - 1.25 hours (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 1.17 hours (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 340 shots
Video recording - 1.8 hours
CONNECTIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Interface HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching DPOF support, Exif Print support
Connector Type USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec 2sec, 12sec, 1 - 30 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 10 frames per second, 24 frames per second 5 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 10 frames per second
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode, HDR Movie mode -
Additional Features Sweep Panorama technology, takes photos while film recording, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), NR Slow Shutter, High ISO NR, Superior Auto mode, Clear Image Zoom Audio recording, built-in speaker, auto power save, date/time stamp, histogram display, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, digital tele-converter, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Time-Lapse recording, microscope image mode, Focus Stacking
OTHERS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI Olympus Tough TG-6
Included Accessories AC power adaptor, wrist strap, micro-USB cable, shoulder strap adapter Hand strap, carrying case, AC power adaptor, USB cable
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -10 °C
Underwater Use - Yes
Underwater Depth - Up to 15 m
Service & Support - Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year
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