Olympus E-450 vs Sony TX20

Lets look much closer at the Olympus E-450 vs Sony TX20, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the E-450 (10MP) and TX20 (16MP) and the E-450 (Four Thirds) and TX20 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-450 was brought out 3 years earlier than the TX20 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-450 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony TX20 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a brief overview of how the E-450 matches up vs the TX20 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-450 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX20. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-450 Gallery & Sony TX20 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to carry your camera regularly, you will need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-450 offers exterior measurements of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 426 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Sony TX20 has dimensions of 96mm x 56mm x 18mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") with a weight of 133 grams (0.29 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you select at the time. Following is the front view physical size comparison of the E-450 compared to the TX20.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-450 and TX20 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Sometimes, it is hard to envision the contrast between sensor sizing only by looking at technical specs. The visual underneath should provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-450 and TX20.

As you have seen, each of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-450 due to its bigger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony TX20 will give greater detail having its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-450 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.