Olympus E-410 vs Sony W690

Let's take a deeper look at the Olympus E-410 vs Sony W690, one is a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There is a crucial difference between the resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and W690 (16MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and W690 (1/2.3") use different sensor sizing.

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The E-410 was revealed 5 years before the W690 which is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W690 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a full comparison, below is a concise overview of how the E-410 scores versus the W690 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-410 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W690. The full galleries are provided at Olympus E-410 Gallery and Sony W690 Gallery.

If you are aiming to carry around your camera, you are going to need to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-410 offers outside dimensions 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 W690 has proportions of 94mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") and a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen at the time. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-410 against the W690.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the E-410 and W690 is 77 and 95 respectively.

Oftentimes, it can be tough to imagine the difference between sensor sizes purely by reviewing technical specs. The image underneath will provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-410 and W690.

As you can tell, both of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The E-410 with its bigger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh simpler and the Sony W690 will offer you more detail because of its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-410 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.