Olympus E-30 vs Sony QX100

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-30 vs Sony QX100, one being a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Lens-style by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a significant difference between the image resolutions of the E-30 (12MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the E-30 (Four Thirds) and QX100 (1") enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The E-30 was brought out 5 years earlier than the QX100 and that is quite a sizable gap as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before delving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-30 grades versus the QX100 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-30 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-30 Gallery and Sony QX100 Gallery.

If you're aiming to lug around your camera often, you will have to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-30 offers exterior measurements of 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0") along with a weight of 695 grams (1.53 lbs) while the Sony QX100 has dimensions of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") accompanied by a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-30 vs Sony QX100 in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you choose at that moment. Below is the front view measurement comparison of the E-30 vs the QX100.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the E-30 and QX100 is 60 and 92 respectively.

In many cases, it is very hard to visualize the difference between sensor measurements only by checking specifications. The photograph below might provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-30 and QX100.

Plainly, both of those cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-30 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony QX100 will give you more detail having its extra 8MP. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop pictures much more aggressively. The older E-30 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.