Olympus E-500 vs Olympus SZ-10

Below, we will be contrasting the Olympus E-500 and Olympus SZ-10, one being a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are manufactured by Olympus. There exists a big gap among the image resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and SZ-10 (14MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and SZ-10 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor size.

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The E-500 was unveiled 6 years before the SZ-10 and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus SZ-10 being a Compact camera.

Before we go in to a in-depth comparison, below is a short introduction of how the E-500 grades versus the SZ-10 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-500 and Olympus SZ-10. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-500 Gallery and Olympus SZ-10 Gallery.

For anybody who is looking to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and size. The Olympus E-500 provides outside dimensions of 130mm x 95mm x 66mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.6") accompanied by a weight of 479 grams (1.06 lbs) and the Olympus SZ-10 has specifications of 106mm x 67mm x 38mm (4.2" x 2.6" x 1.5") with a weight of 215 grams (0.47 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Following is the front view over all size comparison of the E-500 vs the SZ-10.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-500 and SZ-10 is 70 and 90 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to visualize the gap in sensor measurements purely by checking out a spec sheet. The visual here might offer you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-500 and SZ-10.

As you can see, the two cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-500 using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving bokeh easier and the Olympus SZ-10 will show more detail having an extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop shots much more aggressively. The older E-500 will be behind with regard to sensor technology.