Olympus E-400 vs Sony WX70

In this write-up, we are looking at the Olympus E-400 versus Sony WX70, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and WX70 (16MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and WX70 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor size.

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The E-400 was revealed 6 years prior to the WX70 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX70 being a Compact camera.

Before getting through a thorough comparison, below is a brief view of how the E-400 grades against the WX70 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX70. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-400 Gallery & Sony WX70 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera regularly, you'll need to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-400 provides external dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") having a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) while the Sony WX70 has proportions of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") along with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

Check the Olympus E-400 versus Sony WX70 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are employing during that time. Following is the front view measurement comparison of the E-400 compared to the WX70.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the E-400 and WX70 is 77 and 97 respectively.

Often, it's hard to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements purely by reading through specs. The graphic here will offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-400 and WX70.

All in all, both of the cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-400 with its larger sensor will make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony WX70 will resolve more detail because of its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop photos a little more aggressively. The older E-400 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.