Olympus E-420 vs Sony WX220

Lets look a little more in depth at the Olympus E-420 versus Sony WX220, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap among the resolutions of the E-420 (10MP) and WX220 (18MP) and the E-420 (Four Thirds) and WX220 (1/2.3") have different sensor dimensions.

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The E-420 was brought out 6 years prior to the WX220 and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-420 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX220 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight to a in depth comparison, here is a brief summation of how the E-420 matches up vs the WX220 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-420 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX220. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-420 Gallery and Sony WX220 Gallery.

For those who are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you will need to consider its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-420 has physical dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 426 grams (0.94 lbs) whilst the Sony WX220 has proportions of 92mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 121 grams (0.27 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-420 versus Sony WX220 in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you select during that time. The following is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-420 versus the WX220.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-420 and WX220 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Normally, its hard to picture the contrast in sensor measurements only by checking out technical specs. The photograph below will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-420 and WX220.

As you can tell, both cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-420 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX220 will produce greater detail having its extra 8MP. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos way more aggressively. The older E-420 will be behind in sensor technology.