Olympus E-300 vs Sony WX350

Lets look a bit more in depth at the Olympus E-300 vs Sony WX350, former is a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference among the sensor resolutions of the E-300 (8MP) and WX350 (18MP) and the E-300 (Four Thirds) and WX350 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor size.

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The E-300 was launched 10 years before the WX350 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-300 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony WX350 being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a comprehensive comparison, below is a concise summary of how the E-300 grades vs the WX350 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-300 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX350. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-300 Gallery & Sony WX350 Gallery.

In case you're planning to travel with your camera often, you will want to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-300 comes with outer measurements 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 Sony WX350 has dimensions of 96mm x 55mm x 26mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") accompanied by a weight of 164 grams (0.36 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-300 vs Sony WX350 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Below is the front view sizing comparison of the E-300 vs the WX350.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-300 and WX350 is 67 and 94 respectively.

Usually, it's tough to envision the difference in sensor dimensions just by looking through specs. The pic here will give you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the E-300 and WX350.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The E-300 featuring a bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX350 will result in greater detail utilizing its extra 10MP. Higher resolution will let you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-300 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.