Olympus E-410 vs Sony W620

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W620, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap among the image resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and W620 (14MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and W620 (1/2.3") have different sensor dimensions.

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The E-410 was brought out 5 years before the W620 which is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W620 being a Compact camera.

Before diving right into a more detailed comparison, here is a concise view of how the E-410 scores versus the W620 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-410 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-410 Gallery & Sony W620 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera often, you will have to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-410 enjoys outside dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") and a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) and the Sony W620 has sizing of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are using at the time. Following is a front view dimension comparison of the E-410 versus the W620.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-410 and W620 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, its tough to imagine the gap in sensor dimensions just by looking through a spec sheet. The pic below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-410 and W620.

As you can see, both of the cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-410 featuring a larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field easier and the Sony W620 will provide you with more detail having its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images way more aggressively. The more aged E-410 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.