Here we are comparing XZ-2 iHS and TX20, two Compact cameras from Olympus and Sony. Olympus XZ-2 iHS is a Small Sensor Compact class camera and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX20 is a Ultracompact class camera.
Olympus XZ-2 iHS was introduced to the market in December 2012 and Sony TX20 was launched in February 2012. There is only 10 months difference between XZ-2 iHS and TX20 so we are expecting this to be a fair comparison regarding age and technology level.
This will be an interesting match up as even though these two cameras doesn't have the exact same body type, they are both ranked amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Olympus XZ-2 iHS is ranked
#3 out of 263 Small Sensor Compact cameras with an overall score of 55 whereas Sony TX20 is ranked
#6 out of 155 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 36.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Olympus XZ-2 iHS and Sony TX20 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Olympus XZ-2 iHS and Sony TX20 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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