Olympus E-300 vs Sony W550

Its time to look more closely at the Olympus E-300 vs Sony W550, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and W550 (14MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and W550 (1/2.3") boast different sensor size.

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The E-300 was revealed 7 years before the W550 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W550 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight to a complete comparison, here is a quick view of how the E-300 grades vs the W550 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-300 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W550. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Sony W550 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-300 enjoys outer 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) whilst the Sony W550 has dimensions of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 110 grams (0.24 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-300 vs Sony W550 in our newest Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at the time. The following is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-300 compared to the W550.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-300 and W550 is 67 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it is tough to picture the gap between sensor measurements only by reading specs. The visual here will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-300 and W550.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-300 using its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony W550 will offer greater detail because of its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics a good deal more aggressively. The older E-300 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.