Olympus E-410 vs Olympus VH-410

Below, we are matching up the Olympus E-410 vs Olympus VH-410, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both offered by Olympus. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and VH-410 (16MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and VH-410 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The E-410 was manufactured 6 years prior to the VH-410 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Olympus VH-410 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a thorough comparison, below is a brief overview of how the E-410 scores vs the VH-410 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-410 & Olympus VH-410. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-410 Gallery & Olympus VH-410 Gallery.

For those who are looking to travel with your camera regularly, you should factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-410 features outside dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") with a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) whilst the Olympus VH-410 has dimensions of 102mm x 60mm x 21mm (4.0" x 2.4" x 0.8") along with a weight of 152 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is the front view scale comparison of the E-410 versus the VH-410.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-410 and VH-410 is 77 and 95 respectively.

More often than not, it is tough to visualize the gap between sensor dimensions merely by reading through specifications. The pic below will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the E-410 and VH-410.

Plainly, both the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-410 because of its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Olympus VH-410 will give greater detail due to its extra 6MP. Greater resolution can also let you crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-410 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.