Olympus E-330 vs Samsung WB800F

Its time to look closer at the Olympus E-330 and Samsung WB800F, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Samsung. There exists a sizable gap among the sensor resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and WB800F (16MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and WB800F (1/2.3") offer totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-330 was introduced 7 years earlier than the WB800F and that is a fairly significant 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 Samsung WB800F being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a full comparison, here is a short synopsis of how the E-330 matches up vs the WB800F in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-330 & Samsung WB800F. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus E-330 Gallery & Samsung WB800F Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-330 comes with external measurements of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") along with a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) whilst the Samsung WB800F has measurements of 111mm x 65mm x 22mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 0.9") with a weight of 218 grams (0.48 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are utilising at the time. Here is a front view size comparison of the E-330 against the WB800F.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-330 and WB800F is 65 and 92 respectively.

Typically, it is hard to visualise the contrast in sensor measurements merely by viewing specs. The visual here should give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizing in the E-330 and WB800F.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-330 using its larger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Samsung WB800F will render greater detail using its extra 9 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop photos more aggressively. The older E-330 will be behind in sensor innovation.