Olympus E-330 vs Sony W320

Let's look more closely at the Olympus E-330 vs Sony W320, former is a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap among the resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and W320 (14MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and W320 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The E-330 was manufactured 4 years before the W320 which is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W320 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief view of how the E-330 grades against the W320 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-330 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W320. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-330 Gallery & Sony W320 Gallery.

For those who are planning to travel with your camera regularly, you will need to factor its weight and size. The Olympus E-330 has outside measurements of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") and a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) while the Sony W320 has specifications of 93mm x 52mm x 17mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") and a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have during that time. The following is the front view proportions comparison of the E-330 against the W320.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-330 and W320 is 65 and 97 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to imagine the difference in sensor dimensions just by viewing a spec sheet. The pic below will help offer you a more clear sense of the sensor sizing in the E-330 and W320.

As you can see, each of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-330 because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony W320 will provide you with extra detail due to its extra 7MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-330 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.