Olympus E-300 vs Olympus SZ-15

Here is a in depth assessment of the Olympus E-300 vs Olympus SZ-15, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and they are both designed by Olympus. There exists a sizable gap among the resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and SZ-15 (16MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and SZ-15 (1/2.3") offer totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-300 was released 9 years earlier than the SZ-15 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus SZ-15 being a Compact camera.

Before we go right into a more detailed comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-300 grades vs the SZ-15 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-300 & Olympus SZ-15. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Olympus SZ-15 Gallery.

If you are looking to carry your camera regularly, you will need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-300 has exterior dimensions of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") accompanied by a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Olympus SZ-15 has dimensions of 108mm x 70mm x 40mm (4.3" x 2.8" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 250 grams (0.55 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with during that time. Here is a front view size comparison of the E-300 and the SZ-15.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-300 and SZ-15 is 67 and 88 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to see the contrast in sensor sizing simply by seeing specs. The visual here should offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-300 and SZ-15.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-300 featuring a larger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus SZ-15 will provide more detail as a result of its extra 8MP. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The older E-300 will be behind in sensor technology.