Olympus E-410 vs Sony WX350

Below is a comprehensive analysis of the Olympus E-410 versus Sony WX350, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap between the resolutions of the E-410 (10MP) and WX350 (18MP) and the E-410 (Four Thirds) and WX350 (1/2.3") possess different sensor dimensions.

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The E-410 was unveiled 7 years before the WX350 and that is quite a sizable gap as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-410 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX350 being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a in depth comparison, below is a quick introduction of how the E-410 scores versus the WX350 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-410 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX350. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-410 Gallery and Sony WX350 Gallery.

In case you're planning to lug around your camera frequently, you will want to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus E-410 comes with external measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") having a weight of 435 grams (0.96 lbs) and the Sony WX350 has specifications of 96mm x 55mm x 26mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 164 grams (0.36 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have during that time. Following is the front view scale comparison of the E-410 and the WX350.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-410 and WX350 is 77 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements only by going over technical specs. The visual here may give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-410 and WX350.

As you have seen, both of these cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-410 having a larger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field easier and the Sony WX350 will deliver extra detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos much more aggressively. The older E-410 is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.