Olympus E-410 vs Sony W550

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W550, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Ultracompact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a significant difference among the resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and W550 (14MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and W550 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor size.

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The E-410 was brought out 5 years before the W550 and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W550 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving in to a in-depth comparison, below is a short view of how the E-410 scores against the W550 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-410 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W550. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-410 Gallery and Sony W550 Gallery.

If you are going to lug around your camera often, you have to take into account its weight and volume. The Olympus E-410 provides outside measurements 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 W550 has sizing of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") with a weight of 110 grams (0.24 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W550 in the all new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you are working with at that time. Below is the front view physical size comparison of the E-410 against the W550.

Using size and weight, the portability rating of the E-410 and W550 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Often, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor measurements only by viewing specifications. The visual below should offer you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the E-410 and W550.

Plainly, both the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-410 because of its bigger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony W550 will provide you with more detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older E-410 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.