Olympus E-420 vs Samsung DV150F

In this write-up, we will be looking at the Olympus E-420 versus Samsung DV150F, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Samsung. There exists a large gap between the resolutions of the E-420 (10MP) and DV150F (16MP) and the E-420 (Four Thirds) and DV150F (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The E-420 was introduced 5 years before the DV150F and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-420 being a Compact SLR camera and the Samsung DV150F being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the E-420 matches up vs the DV150F with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-420 & Samsung DV150F. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus E-420 Gallery & Samsung DV150F Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-420 comes with outside dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") with a weight of 426 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Samsung DV150F has dimensions of 96mm x 55mm x 18mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-420 versus Samsung DV150F in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilising during that time. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-420 compared to the DV150F.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-420 and DV150F is 77 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it can be hard to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements just by looking at specs. The visual here should give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-420 and DV150F.

All in all, both of these cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-420 using its bigger sensor will make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Samsung DV150F will resolve extra detail using its extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs far more aggressively. The older E-420 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.