Olympus E-330 vs Sony A290

Lets take a deeper look at the Olympus E-330 and Sony A290, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a huge gap among the sensor resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and A290 (14MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and A290 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor size.

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The E-330 was launched 5 years earlier than the A290 and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony A290 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before diving right into a comprehensive comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-330 matches up against the A290 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-330 and Sony Alpha DSLR-A290. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-330 Gallery and Sony A290 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera, you will have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-330 offers physical measurements of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) and the Sony A290 has sizing of 128mm x 97mm x 86mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 3.4") accompanied by a weight of 549 grams (1.21 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-330 and Sony A290 in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you are using at that time. Here is a front view over all size comparison of the E-330 and the A290.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-330 and A290 is 65 and 66 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualise the gap in sensor measurements just by going through specs. The visual underneath will help give you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-330 and A290.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-330 because of its smaller sensor will make achieving shallow DOF harder and the Sony A290 will produce extra detail utilizing its extra 7MP. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos a good deal more aggressively. The older E-330 will be behind in sensor tech.