Olympus E-400 vs Sony RX10

Below is a thorough overview of the Olympus E-400 versus Sony RX10, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference among the sensor resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and RX10 (20MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and RX10 (1") feature totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-400 was launched 8 years prior to the RX10 and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX10 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting in to a more detailed comparison, below is a quick introduction of how the E-400 scores vs the RX10 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-400 Gallery & Sony RX10 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera often, you will want to consider its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-400 enjoys outer measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) and the Sony RX10 has measurements of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") and a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

Check out the Olympus E-400 versus Sony RX10 in our completely new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you have at the time. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the E-400 and the RX10.

Considering size and weight, the portability score of the E-400 and RX10 is 77 and 58 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor measurements merely by viewing a spec sheet. The photograph below might give you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-400 and RX10.

As you can see, each of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-400 featuring a larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony RX10 will render extra detail utilizing its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older E-400 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.