Olympus E-400 vs Sony A77 II

Let's look much closer at the Olympus E-400 vs Sony A77 II, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Advanced DSLR by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-400 (10MP) and A77 II (24MP) and the E-400 (Four Thirds) and A77 II (APS-C) offer different sensor dimensions.

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The E-400 was launched 8 years before the A77 II and that is quite a large gap as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-400 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony A77 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going into a detailed comparison, here is a brief synopsis of how the E-400 grades versus the A77 II in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-400 and Sony SLT-A77 II. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-400 Gallery and Sony A77 II Gallery.

In case you're going to carry your camera regularly, you'll need to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus E-400 has external dimensions 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 A77 II has sizing of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") and a weight of 647 grams (1.43 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have chosen during that time. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the E-400 compared to the A77 II.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-400 and A77 II is 77 and 62 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to picture the gap between sensor sizing only by going over specs. The photograph here will provide you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-400 and A77 II.

All in all, both of the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-400 because of its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF more difficult and the Sony A77 II will offer you more detail utilizing its extra 14MP. Greater resolution will allow you to crop images more aggressively. The older E-400 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.