Olympus E-410 vs Sony H200

Its time to take a deeper look at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony H200, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and H200 (20MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and H200 (1/2.3") offer totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-410 was introduced 6 years earlier than the H200 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony H200 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going into a comprehensive comparison, here is a brief overview of how the E-410 grades against the H200 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-410 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H200. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-410 Gallery & Sony H200 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to carry your camera, you need to consider its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-410 provides outside 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) and the Sony H200 has measurements of 123mm x 83mm x 87mm (4.8" x 3.3" x 3.4") with a weight of 530 grams (1.17 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Following is a front view over all size comparison of the E-410 vs the H200.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-410 and H200 is 77 and 67 respectively.

Oftentimes, its hard to visualise the difference in sensor sizing simply by going through specs. The visual here will help offer you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-410 and H200.

All in all, both of those cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-410 with its larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony H200 will provide more detail using its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos way more aggressively. The older E-410 will be behind when it comes to sensor tech.