Olympus E-330 vs Pentax Efina

Its time to take a closer look at the Olympus E-330 and Pentax Efina, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact by brands Olympus and Pentax. There exists a considerable gap among the image resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and Efina (14MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and Efina (1/2.3") provide totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-330 was brought out 8 years before the Efina and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Pentax Efina being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a quick overview of how the E-330 matches up versus the Efina in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-330 & Pentax Efina. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-330 Gallery & Pentax Efina Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera, you will have to take into account its weight and size. The Olympus E-330 features outer dimensions of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") having a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) and the Pentax Efina has specifications of 87mm x 54mm x 21mm (3.4" x 2.1" x 0.8") and a weight of 91 grams (0.20 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have at that moment. The following is a front view scale comparison of the E-330 vs the Efina.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-330 and Efina is 65 and 97 respectively.

Normally, it can be difficult to see the gap in sensor measurements simply by checking out specifications. The photograph below may provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-330 and Efina.

To sum up, both of those cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-330 because of its bigger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field less difficult and the Pentax Efina will provide greater detail having its extra 7MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop shots a bit more aggressively. The older E-330 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.