Olympus E-450 vs Sony WX300

Let's take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-450 vs Sony WX300, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a sizeable difference among the sensor resolutions of the E-450 (10MP) and WX300 (18MP) and the E-450 (Four Thirds) and WX300 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizes.

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The E-450 was launched 4 years prior to the WX300 and that is a fairly large gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-450 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-450 matches up versus the WX300 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-450 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-450 Gallery and Sony WX300 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera, you are going to need to factor its weight and size. The Olympus E-450 provides outside dimensions of 130mm x 91mm x 53mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.1") and a weight of 426 grams (0.94 lbs) whilst the Sony WX300 has specifications of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Here is a front view over all size comparison of the E-450 versus the WX300.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the E-450 and WX300 is 77 and 94 respectively.

Generally, it's hard to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements purely by viewing specifications. The visual below should offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-450 and WX300.

Plainly, the 2 cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-450 because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF easier and the Sony WX300 will result in greater detail utilizing its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs more aggressively. The older E-450 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.