Olympus E-3 vs Sony A380

The following is a complete assessment of the Olympus E-3 vs Sony A380, former is a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a considerable difference among the image resolutions of the E-3 (10MP) and A380 (14MP) and the E-3 (Four Thirds) and A380 (APS-C) come with different sensor size.

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The E-3 was announced 18 months prior to the A380 making the cameras a generation away from each other. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-3 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony A380 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting straight into a detailed comparison, below is a quick overview of how the E-3 grades versus the A380 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-3 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A380. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus E-3 Gallery & Sony A380 Gallery.

If you are aiming to travel with your camera often, you will have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-3 features outer dimensions of 142mm x 116mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") with a weight of 890 grams (1.96 lbs) whilst the Sony A380 has sizing of 128mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.8") having a weight of 519 grams (1.14 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you choose at the time. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the E-3 versus the A380.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the E-3 and A380 is 56 and 68 respectively.

Usually, it is hard to picture the gap in sensor dimensions simply by checking out technical specs. The pic here will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-3 and A380.

As you can tell, both of these cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The E-3 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF trickier and the Sony A380 will show greater detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will help you crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-3 will be behind with regard to sensor tech.