Olympus E-500 vs Pentax I-10

Below is a complete review of the Olympus E-500 vs Pentax I-10, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Pentax. There is a substantial difference among the resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and I-10 (12MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and I-10 (1/2.3") have different sensor measurements.

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The E-500 was released 5 years before the I-10 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Pentax I-10 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a concise view of how the E-500 grades against the I-10 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

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For anyone who is going to lug around your camera regularly, you will want to consider its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-500 offers exterior 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) whilst the Pentax I-10 has measurements of 101mm x 65mm x 28mm (4.0" x 2.6" x 1.1") and a weight of 153 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have attached at that moment. Here is a front view overall size comparison of the E-500 and the I-10.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the E-500 and I-10 is 70 and 93 respectively.

In many cases, it is very tough to imagine the gap in sensor measurements merely by researching specifications. The graphic below will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-500 and I-10.

To sum up, the two cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-500 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Pentax I-10 will result in more detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older E-500 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.