Olympus E-410 vs Sony W800

Its time to look a little more closely at the Olympus E-410 and Sony W800, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the image resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and W800 (20MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and W800 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-410 was released 7 years before the W800 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before getting through a thorough comparison, below is a simple summation of how the E-410 grades against the W800 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-410 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-410 Gallery & Sony W800 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera, you will have to think about its weight and measurements. 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) while the Sony W800 has proportions of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") accompanied by a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are utilising during that time. The following is the front view scale comparison of the E-410 and the W800.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-410 and W800 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it is hard to envision the contrast between sensor measurements just by looking at technical specs. The photograph here should give you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the E-410 and W800.

As you can tell, both of those cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-410 because of its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony W800 will give extra detail as a result of its extra 10MP. Greater resolution will also let you crop images a little more aggressively. The older E-410 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.