Olympus E-300 vs Sony WX220

Below is a extensive assessment of the Olympus E-300 versus Sony WX220, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a big difference between the image resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and WX220 (18MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and WX220 (1/2.3") have different sensor measurements.

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The E-300 was manufactured 10 years earlier than the WX220 and that is quite a big gap as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony WX220 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going right into a complete comparison, here is a quick view of how the E-300 matches up vs the WX220 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-300 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX220. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-300 Gallery and Sony WX220 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-300 has external measurements of 147mm x 85mm x 64mm (5.8" x 3.3" x 2.5") and a weight of 624 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony WX220 has proportions of 92mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.9") along with a weight of 121 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you are using at the time. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the E-300 vs the WX220.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the E-300 and WX220 is 67 and 96 respectively.

In many cases, it's hard to picture the contrast between sensor measurements only by reading through specifications. The graphic below should offer you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-300 and WX220.

Plainly, the 2 cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-300 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony WX220 will give you greater detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos way more aggressively. The older E-300 is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.