Olympus E-300 vs Olympus SH-3

Lets look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-300 and Olympus SH-3, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and they are both offered by Olympus. There is a large difference between the resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and SH-3 (16MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and SH-3 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The E-300 was revealed 12 years prior to the SH-3 and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus SH-3 being a Compact camera.

Before we go in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a short highlight of how the E-300 scores against the SH-3 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-300 & Olympus Stylus SH-3. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Olympus SH-3 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-300 offers physical dimensions of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") with a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) while the Olympus SH-3 has sizing of 109mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.7") accompanied by a weight of 271 grams (0.60 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are using at the time. Underneath is the front view physical size comparison of the E-300 versus the SH-3.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the E-300 and SH-3 is 67 and 88 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is very difficult to picture the gap between sensor sizing only by reading through technical specs. The visual underneath will help provide you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the E-300 and SH-3.

As you can tell, both of those cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-300 having a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Olympus SH-3 will give you greater detail because of its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also let you crop photographs far more aggressively. The older E-300 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.