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Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70

Portability
65
Imaging
41
Features
40
Overall
40
Olympus E-330 front
 
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70 front
Portability
93
Imaging
39
Features
31
Overall
35

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Key Specs

Olympus E-330
(Full Review)
  • 7MP - Four Thirds Sensor
  • 2.5" Tilting Screen
  • ISO 100 - 400 (Raise to 1600)
  • No Video
  • Micro Four Thirds Mount
  • 616g - 140 x 87 x 72mm
  • Introduced March 2006
  • Alternative Name is EVOLT E-330
  • Succeeded the Olympus E-300
  • Later Model is Olympus E-450
Sony H70
(Full Review)
  • 16MP - 1/2.3" Sensor
  • 3" Fixed Display
  • ISO 80 - 3200
  • Optical Image Stabilization
  • 1280 x 720 video
  • 25-250mm (F3.5-5.5) lens
  • 194g - 102 x 58 x 29mm
  • Announced January 2011
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Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Overview

Lets take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-330 versus Sony H70, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the image resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and H70 (16MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and H70 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The E-330 was released 5 years earlier than the H70 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony H70 being a Compact camera.

Before diving through a thorough comparison, below is a concise summation of how the E-330 scores against the H70 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

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Reasons to pick Olympus E-330 over the Sony H70

 E-330 H70 
Manually focus Dial exact focusing
Display typeTiltingFixed Tilting display

Reasons to pick Sony H70 over the Olympus E-330

 H70 E-330 
AnnouncedJanuary 2011March 2006More recent by 58 months
Display dimension3"2.5"Larger display (+0.5")
Display resolution230k215kSharper display (+15k dot)

Common features in the Olympus E-330 and Sony H70

 E-330 H70 
Selfie screen Neither comes with selfie screen
Touch friendly display No Touch friendly display

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Physical Comparison

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera regularly, you will want to factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-330 comes with external dimensions of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") and a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) and the Sony H70 has measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 194 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are using at that moment. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-330 vs the H70.

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 size comparison

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the E-330 and H70 is 65 and 93 respectively.

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 top view buttons comparison

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Sensor Comparison

Usually, it's hard to picture the contrast between sensor measurements simply by reading through a spec sheet. The visual below will provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-330 and H70.

As you can see, both of the cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-330 because of its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony H70 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 9 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop images much more aggressively. The older E-330 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 sensor size comparison

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Screen and ViewFinder

Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Screen and Viewfinder comparison
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Photography Type Scores

Portrait Comparison

Portrait photography with Olympus E-330
Portrait photography with Sony H70
54
has manual focus
decent sensor size (Four Thirds)
saves RAW formats
sensor resolution low (7MP)
30
decent sensor resolution (16 megapixels)
focusing manually not possible
manual exposure not possible
cannot use external flash
small sensor size (1/2.3")
doesn't have RAW support
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Street Comparison

Olympus E-330 Street photography features
Sony H70 Street photography features
60
screen tilts
decent sensor size (Four Thirds)
saves RAW formats
lighter than competition (616g)
lack of image stabilization
maximum ISO low (400)
57
built in image stabilization (Optical)
no moving screen
small sensor size (1/2.3")
doesn't have RAW support
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Sports Comparison

Olympus E-330 as a Sports photography camera
Sony H70 as a Sports photography camera
40
decent sensor size (Four Thirds)
supports phase detect AF
low frames per second (3.0 frames per second)
lack of image stabilization
sensor resolution low (7MP)
36
built in image stabilization (Optical)
decent sensor resolution (16 megapixels)
max frames per second very slow (1.0 frames/s)
lack of shutter priority mode
small sensor size (1/2.3")
doesn't have phase detect auto focus
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Travel Comparison

Travel photography with Olympus E-330
Travel photography with Sony H70
50
lighter than competition (616g)
has built in flash
missing Timelapse mode
sensor resolution low (7MP)
screen is not selfie friendly
67
decent sensor resolution (16MP)
built-in flash
reasonably wide (25mm)
great zoom (250mm)
no Timelapse recording
screen isn't selfie friendly
slow max aperture (f3.5)
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Landscape Comparison

Olympus E-330 Landscape photography factors
Sony H70 Landscape photography factors
45
has manual focus
swap lenses (Micro Four Thirds mount)
decent sensor size (Four Thirds)
saves RAW formats
screen is somewhat small (2.5 inches)
lack of image stabilization
sensor resolution low (7 megapixels)
maximum ISO low (400)
missing Timelapse mode
43
reasonably wide (25mm)
decent sized screen (3 inch)
built in image stabilization (Optical)
decent sensor resolution (16 megapixels)
focusing manually not possible
fixed lens (fixed lens mount)
slow max aperture (f3.5)
manual exposure not possible
small sensor size (1/2.3")
doesn't have RAW support
no Timelapse recording
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Vlogging Comparison

Vlogging with Olympus E-330
Vlogging with Sony H70
9
lack of video recording
29
reasonably wide (25mm)
built in image stabilization (Optical)
slow max aperture (f3.5)
screen isn't selfie friendly
video res low (1280 x 720 resolution)
no microphone jack
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Olympus E-330 vs Sony H70 Specifications

Detailed spec comparison table for Olympus E-330 and Sony H70
 Olympus E-330Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70
General Information
Company Olympus Sony
Model Olympus E-330 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70
Alternate name EVOLT E-330 -
Category Advanced DSLR Small Sensor Compact
Introduced 2006-03-18 2011-01-06
Body design Mid-size SLR Compact
Sensor Information
Processor Chip - BIONZ
Sensor type CMOS CCD
Sensor size Four Thirds 1/2.3"
Sensor measurements 17.3 x 13mm 6.17 x 4.55mm
Sensor surface area 224.9mm² 28.1mm²
Sensor resolution 7MP 16MP
Anti aliasing filter
Aspect ratio 4:3 4:3 and 16:9
Highest Possible resolution 3136 x 2352 4608 x 3456
Maximum native ISO 400 3200
Maximum enhanced ISO 1600 -
Min native ISO 100 80
RAW format
Autofocusing
Focus manually
Touch to focus
Continuous AF
Single AF
Tracking AF
AF selectice
AF center weighted
AF multi area
Live view AF
Face detection focusing
Contract detection focusing
Phase detection focusing
Number of focus points 3 9
Lens
Lens mount Micro Four Thirds fixed lens
Lens focal range - 25-250mm (10.0x)
Highest aperture - f/3.5-5.5
Macro focus distance - 5cm
Total lenses 45 -
Crop factor 2.1 5.8
Screen
Screen type Tilting Fixed Type
Screen size 2.5" 3"
Resolution of screen 215 thousand dot 230 thousand dot
Selfie friendly
Liveview
Touch function
Screen tech - Clear Photo LCD
Viewfinder Information
Viewfinder type Optical (pentamirror) None
Viewfinder coverage 95% -
Viewfinder magnification 0.47x -
Features
Min shutter speed 60 secs 30 secs
Max shutter speed 1/4000 secs 1/1600 secs
Continuous shutter speed 3.0 frames/s 1.0 frames/s
Shutter priority
Aperture priority
Manually set exposure
Exposure compensation Yes -
Set WB
Image stabilization
Integrated flash
Flash range - 3.60 m
Flash options Auto, Auto FP, Manual, Red-Eye Auto, On, Off, Slow Sync
External flash
AE bracketing
White balance bracketing
Max flash sync 1/180 secs -
Exposure
Multisegment exposure
Average exposure
Spot exposure
Partial exposure
AF area exposure
Center weighted exposure
Video features
Video resolutions - 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
Maximum video resolution None 1280x720
Video file format - MPEG-4
Microphone input
Headphone input
Connectivity
Wireless None Eye-Fi Connected
Bluetooth
NFC
HDMI
USB USB 1.0 (1.5 Mbit/sec) USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
GPS None None
Physical
Environment seal
Water proof
Dust proof
Shock proof
Crush proof
Freeze proof
Weight 616g (1.36 lb) 194g (0.43 lb)
Dimensions 140 x 87 x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") 102 x 58 x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1")
DXO scores
DXO Overall score not tested not tested
DXO Color Depth score not tested not tested
DXO Dynamic range score not tested not tested
DXO Low light score not tested not tested
Other
Battery model - NP-BG1
Self timer Yes (2 or 12 sec) Yes (2 or 10 sec, Portrait 1/2)
Time lapse shooting
Type of storage Compact Flash (Type I or II), xD Picture Card SD/SDHC/SDXC/Memory Stick Duo/Memory Stick Pro Duo, Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo
Storage slots 1 1
Pricing at release $1,100 $199