Olympus E-5 vs Sony W570

Lets look a little more closely at the Olympus E-5 and Sony W570, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Ultracompact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a significant gap between the resolutions of the E-5 (12MP) and W570 (16MP) and the E-5 (Four Thirds) and W570 (1/2.3") possess totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-5 was brought out at a similar time to the W570 and they are both of a similar generation. Each of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-5 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W570 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a concise view of how the E-5 grades against the W570 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-5 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W570. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-5 Gallery and Sony W570 Gallery.

For those who are looking to lug around your camera often, you will want to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus E-5 provides outside dimensions of 143mm x 117mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.6" x 3.0") having a weight of 800 grams (1.76 lbs) while the Sony W570 has sizing of 91mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") along with a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Below is the front view dimensions comparison of the E-5 compared to the W570.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the E-5 and W570 is 58 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to envision the contrast between sensor measurements merely by reading through a spec sheet. The graphic underneath may provide you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-5 and W570.

As you can see, both of those cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-5 due to its larger sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony W570 will give you greater detail having its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also let you crop images a little more aggressively.