Olympus E-400 vs Sony W330

The following is a detailed overview of the Olympus E-400 and Sony W330, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact by brands Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and W330 (14MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and W330 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor size.

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The E-400 was launched 4 years before the W330 which is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W330 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving in to a thorough comparison, below is a brief summary of how the E-400 scores vs the W330 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-400 Gallery & Sony W330 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to travel with your camera frequently, you'll need to consider its weight and size. The Olympus E-400 has got outer dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") having a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) whilst the Sony W330 has specifications of 96mm x 57mm x 17mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") having a weight of 128 grams (0.28 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-400 and Sony W330 in our brand new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the E-400 vs the W330.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-400 and W330 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to picture the contrast in sensor dimensions merely by researching technical specs. The pic below might give you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the E-400 and W330.

As you can tell, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-400 featuring a larger sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF less difficult and the Sony W330 will render more detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-400 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.