Olympus E-410 vs Olympus SZ-12

Below is a thorough review of the Olympus E-410 and Olympus SZ-12, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both of them are designed by Olympus. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and SZ-12 (14MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and SZ-12 (1/2.3") have totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-410 was unveiled 5 years before the SZ-12 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Olympus SZ-12 being a Compact camera.

Before we go into a comprehensive comparison, here is a short summation of how the E-410 grades versus the SZ-12 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-410 & Olympus SZ-12. The full galleries are available at Olympus E-410 Gallery & Olympus SZ-12 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera, you will need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-410 has got exterior dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") along with a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) while the Olympus SZ-12 has proportions of 106mm x 69mm x 40mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.6") along with a weight of 226 grams (0.50 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you select at that moment. The following is a front view over all size comparison of the E-410 and the SZ-12.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-410 and SZ-12 is 77 and 89 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to see the contrast between sensor measurements purely by checking a spec sheet. The visual here will provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-410 and SZ-12.

As you can see, each of the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-410 with its larger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus SZ-12 will give you extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will help you crop pics a bit more aggressively. The older E-410 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.