Canon 100D vs Olympus E-410

Lets look a bit more closely at the Canon 100D and Olympus E-410, both Entry-Level DSLR digital cameras by manufacturers Canon and Olympus. There is a sizable difference between the sensor resolutions of the 100D (18MP) and E-410 (10MP) and the 100D (APS-C) and E-410 (Four Thirds) feature different sensor size.

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The 100D was manufactured 6 years after the E-410 which is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact SLR).

Before we go in to a in depth comparison, below is a brief summation of how the 100D matches up versus the E-410 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Canon EOS 100D & Olympus E-410. The entire galleries are available at Canon 100D Gallery & Olympus E-410 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to travel with your camera regularly, you're going to have to consider its weight and volume. The Canon 100D offers outside dimensions of 117mm x 91mm x 69mm (4.6" x 3.6" x 2.7") having a weight of 407 grams (0.90 lbs) whilst the Olympus E-410 has sizing of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is the front view scale comparison of the 100D vs the E-410.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the 100D and E-410 is 73 and 77 respectively.

Usually, it is very hard to picture the difference between sensor dimensions purely by looking at technical specs. The picture here should give you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the 100D and E-410.

As you can tell, both of these cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The 100D due to its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Canon 100D will give you more detail due to its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The younger 100D should have an edge in sensor technology.