Olympus E-500 vs Panasonic TS25

Its time to examine more closely at the Olympus E-500 and Panasonic TS25, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Waterproof by companies Olympus and Panasonic. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and TS25 (16MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and TS25 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-500 was revealed 8 years prior to the TS25 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Panasonic TS25 being a Compact camera.

Before delving through a thorough comparison, below is a quick synopsis of how the E-500 matches up versus the TS25 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-500 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS25. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-500 Gallery & Panasonic TS25 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry your camera often, you'll have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-500 offers outer measurements of 130mm x 95mm x 66mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.6") with a weight of 479 grams (1.06 lbs) and the Panasonic TS25 has proportions of 104mm x 58mm x 20mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 0.8") and a weight of 144 grams (0.32 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at the time. The following is the front view size comparison of the E-500 compared to the TS25.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-500 and TS25 is 70 and 95 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to visualise the difference between sensor sizing only by looking at specs. The visual underneath will provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the E-500 and TS25.

As you can plainly see, both cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-500 with its bigger sensor will make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Panasonic TS25 will give greater detail because of its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The older E-500 is going to be behind in sensor innovation.