Olympus E-300 vs Sony W370

Let's look closer at the Olympus E-300 and Sony W370, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a sizable difference among the resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and W370 (14MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and W370 (1/2.3") use different sensor sizes.

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The E-300 was manufactured 6 years earlier than the W370 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W370 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a short overview of how the E-300 scores versus the W370 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-300 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W370. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Sony W370 Gallery.

In case you're intending to lug around your camera, you'll need to think about its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-300 provides physical measurements of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") accompanied by a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) whilst the Sony W370 has proportions of 100mm x 57mm x 26mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.0") and a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at that time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the E-300 compared to the W370.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the E-300 and W370 is 67 and 94 respectively.

Usually, it can be tough to imagine the difference in sensor measurements just by going through a spec sheet. The graphic below will give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizing in the E-300 and W370.

As you can see, each of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-300 because of its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field less difficult and the Sony W370 will show greater detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older E-300 will be behind in sensor tech.