Olympus E-3 vs Sony RX100

Lets examine more closely at the Olympus E-3 and Sony RX100, one being a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a crucial difference between the resolutions of the E-3 (10MP) and RX100 (20MP) and the E-3 (Four Thirds) and RX100 (1") enjoy totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-3 was manufactured 5 years before the RX100 and that is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-3 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony RX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before we go straight into a in depth comparison, below is a short summary of how the E-3 grades vs the RX100 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-3 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-3 Gallery and Sony RX100 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-3 features external measurements of 142mm x 116mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") accompanied by a weight of 890 grams (1.96 lbs) while the Sony RX100 has measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") with a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-3 and Sony RX100 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you use at that moment. Following is the front view dimension comparison of the E-3 compared to the RX100.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the E-3 and RX100 is 56 and 91 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is tough to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements simply by reading a spec sheet. The photograph below will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-3 and RX100.

As you can see, both of the cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-3 because of its bigger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony RX100 will offer greater detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop shots far more aggressively. The older E-3 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.