Olympus E-400 vs Sony HX10V

Below is a thorough assessment of the Olympus E-400 and Sony HX10V, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and HX10V (18MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and HX10V (1/2.3") use totally different sensor size.

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The E-400 was released 6 years prior to the HX10V and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX10V being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a thorough comparison, below is a short highlight of how the E-400 scores vs the HX10V when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-400 Gallery & Sony HX10V Gallery.

For anybody who is aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-400 provides exterior measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") with a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) while the Sony HX10V has dimensions of 105mm x 60mm x 34mm (4.1" x 2.4" x 1.3") with a weight of 234 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have at that moment. Underneath is the front view measurements comparison of the E-400 vs the HX10V.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-400 and HX10V is 77 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it can be difficult to see the contrast between sensor measurements purely by looking at technical specs. The photograph underneath might offer you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the E-400 and HX10V.

As you can tell, both cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-400 featuring a larger sensor will make shooting shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony HX10V will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop pics a little more aggressively. The older E-400 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.