Olympus E-400 vs Sony W620

The following is a thorough comparison of the Olympus E-400 vs Sony W620, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and W620 (14MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and W620 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-400 was unveiled 6 years before the W620 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W620 being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a thorough comparison, below is a simple summary of how the E-400 scores vs the W620 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-400 Gallery & Sony W620 Gallery.

If you are going to travel with your camera regularly, you need to factor its weight and volume. The Olympus E-400 provides physical 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) while the Sony W620 has sizing of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") having a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the E-400 and the W620.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-400 and W620 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Normally, it's hard to see the difference between sensor dimensions simply by checking specifications. The picture underneath will provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-400 and W620.

Plainly, both of those cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The E-400 using its bigger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W620 will give you extra detail having an extra 4MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-400 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.