Olympus E-330 vs Sony W800

Let's take a closer look at the Olympus E-330 and Sony W800, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a big gap between the image resolutions of the E-330 (7MP) and W800 (20MP) and the E-330 (Four Thirds) and W800 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-330 was announced 9 years before the W800 and that is quite a big gap as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-330 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before delving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief summary of how the E-330 grades against the W800 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-330 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-330 Gallery and Sony W800 Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera, you'll have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-330 features outer dimensions of 140mm x 87mm x 72mm (5.5" x 3.4" x 2.8") along with a weight of 616 grams (1.36 lbs) while the Sony W800 has measurements of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") and a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-330 and Sony W800 in the all new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you use at that moment. Here is the front view size comparison of the E-330 vs the W800.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-330 and W800 is 65 and 96 respectively.

Typically, its tough to visualise the difference between sensor measurements purely by looking at technical specs. The visual here will help give you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-330 and W800.

As you have seen, both cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-330 using its larger sensor will make getting shallow DOF easier and the Sony W800 will give you extra detail with its extra 13MP. Greater resolution will let you crop images much more aggressively. The older E-330 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.