Olympus E-450 vs Sony HX80

Below is a complete comparison of the Olympus E-450 vs Sony HX80, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a large gap among the image resolutions of the E-450 (10MP) and HX80 (18MP) and the E-450 (Four Thirds) and HX80 (1/2.3") have different sensor measurements.

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The E-450 was revealed 8 years before the HX80 and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-450 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX80 being a Compact camera.

Before we go right into a detailed comparison, here is a concise summation of how the E-450 matches up against the HX80 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-450 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-450 Gallery & Sony HX80 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera, you're going to have to think about its weight and size. The Olympus E-450 comes with external 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 HX80 has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") along with a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilizing at the time. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the E-450 compared to the HX80.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-450 and HX80 is 77 and 91 respectively.

Typically, it is very hard to visualize the gap in sensor measurements just by looking through a spec sheet. The visual below will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-450 and HX80.

As you can see, each of these cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-450 using its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony HX80 will result in more detail because of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop shots more aggressively. The older E-450 will be behind in sensor technology.