Olympus E-30 vs Sony NEX-C3

Lets look closer at the Olympus E-30 vs Sony NEX-C3, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a big gap among the resolutions of the E-30 (12MP) and NEX-C3 (16MP) and the E-30 (Four Thirds) and NEX-C3 (APS-C) have totally different sensor size.

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The E-30 was brought out 3 years prior to the NEX-C3 and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony NEX-C3 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a short synopsis of how the E-30 grades against the NEX-C3 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-30 and Sony Alpha NEX-C3. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-30 Gallery and Sony NEX-C3 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-30 features outside dimensions of 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0") having a weight of 695 grams (1.53 lbs) while the Sony NEX-C3 has measurements of 110mm x 60mm x 33mm (4.3" x 2.4" x 1.3") having a weight of 225 grams (0.50 lbs).

Check out the Olympus E-30 vs Sony NEX-C3 in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you choose at that moment. Underneath is a front view proportions comparison of the E-30 vs the NEX-C3.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-30 and NEX-C3 is 60 and 91 respectively.

Normally, it is very difficult to see the gap in sensor measurements merely by viewing specs. The visual here should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-30 and NEX-C3.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-30 because of its smaller sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field tougher and the Sony NEX-C3 will render greater detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will help you crop photos more aggressively. The older E-30 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.