Here we are comparing RX100 VII and TG-870, two Compact cameras from Sony and Olympus. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VII is a Large Sensor Compact class camera and Olympus Stylus Tough TG-870 is a Ultracompact class camera.
Sony RX100 VII was introduced to the market in July 2019 and Olympus TG-870 was launched in January 2016. As you can see, TG-870 is 3 years older than RX100 VII. Let's see if this age difference between two cameras makes a big difference.
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. Sony RX100 VII is ranked
#7 out of 82 Large Sensor Compact cameras with an overall score of 69 whereas Olympus TG-870 is ranked
#4 out of 155 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 38.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Sony RX100 VII and Olympus TG-870 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Sony RX100 VII and Olympus TG-870 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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