Olympus E-450 vs Sony WX500

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Olympus E-450 vs Sony WX500, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap between the resolutions of the E-450 (10MP) and WX500 (18MP) and the E-450 (Four Thirds) and WX500 (1/2.3") feature different sensor size.

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The E-450 was brought out 7 years prior to the WX500 and that is quite a sizable gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-450 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX500 being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a thorough comparison, below is a simple view of how the E-450 grades versus the WX500 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-450 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-450 Gallery and Sony WX500 Gallery.

In case you're intending to lug around your camera often, you will need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-450 has got outer 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) and the Sony WX500 has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 236 grams (0.52 lbs).

See the Olympus E-450 vs Sony WX500 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-450 versus the WX500.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-450 and WX500 is 77 and 91 respectively.

Sometimes, it is hard to picture the difference between sensor measurements just by reviewing a spec sheet. The graphic here might offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-450 and WX500.

As you can see, both of these cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-450 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony WX500 will deliver extra detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-450 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.