Olympus E-330 vs Sony A390

Let's take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-330 vs Sony A390, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by brands Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and A390 (14MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and A390 (APS-C) have totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-330 was introduced 5 years earlier than the A390 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony A390 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before delving right into a thorough comparison, here is a brief overview of how the E-330 scores versus the A390 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-330 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A390. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus E-330 Gallery & Sony A390 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera often, you will want to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-330 has got physical dimensions of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") and a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) whilst the Sony A390 has measurements of 128mm x 97mm x 86mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 3.4") having a weight of 549 grams (1.21 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have chosen at the time. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the E-330 and the A390.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-330 and A390 is 65 and 66 respectively.

Sometimes, it is tough to see the difference in sensor measurements merely by looking through specifications. The graphic below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-330 and A390.

To sum up, each of these cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-330 using its smaller sensor will make shooting shallower DOF trickier and the Sony A390 will result in more detail using its extra 7 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older E-330 will be behind in sensor technology.