Olympus E-300 vs Sony W570

Its time to take a deeper look at the Olympus E-300 and Sony W570, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and W570 (16MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and W570 (1/2.3") provide different sensor size.

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The E-300 was released 7 years earlier than the W570 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W570 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting right into a detailed comparison, here is a quick summation of how the E-300 grades against the W570 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-300 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W570. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Sony W570 Gallery.

In case you're planning to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-300 offers external measurements of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") with a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony W570 has sizing of 91mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") having a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-300 and Sony W570 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Here is a front view sizing comparison of the E-300 vs the W570.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-300 and W570 is 67 and 96 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to picture the difference between sensor measurements simply by reading through specifications. The graphic here should offer you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-300 and W570.

Plainly, the two cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-300 due to its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W570 will resolve extra detail as a result of its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also let you crop photos a bit more aggressively. The older E-300 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.