Olympus E-500 vs Sony H300

Let's look much closer at the Olympus E-500 versus Sony H300, former is a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a sizable difference among the sensor resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and H300 (20MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and H300 (1/2.3") come with different sensor sizing.

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The E-500 was launched 9 years earlier than the H300 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony H300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the E-500 scores vs the H300 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-500 Gallery & Sony H300 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to travel with your camera often, you should think about its weight and volume. The Olympus E-500 has physical measurements of 130mm x 95mm x 66mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.6") with a weight of 479 grams (1.06 lbs) while the Sony H300 has sizing of 130mm x 95mm x 122mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 4.8") and a weight of 590 grams (1.30 lbs).

Examine the Olympus E-500 versus Sony H300 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the E-500 vs the H300.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the E-500 and H300 is 70 and 63 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to picture the gap in sensor dimensions purely by going through a spec sheet. The pic here should offer you a clearer sense of the sensor sizing in the E-500 and H300.

As you can see, both of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The E-500 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony H300 will provide more detail utilizing its extra 12MP. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-500 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.