Olympus E-500 vs Sony TX200V

Below is a comprehensive review of the Olympus E-500 and Sony TX200V, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and TX200V (18MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and TX200V (1/2.3") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The E-500 was revealed 7 years before the TX200V and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony TX200V being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going through a complete comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the E-500 matches up vs the TX200V in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-500 Gallery & Sony TX200V Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera regularly, you have to factor in its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-500 offers physical dimensions of 130mm x 95mm x 66mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.6") along with a weight of 479 grams (1.06 lbs) and the Sony TX200V has proportions of 96mm x 58mm x 16mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.6") along with a weight of 129 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have at that time. Below is the front view measurement comparison of the E-500 compared to the TX200V.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-500 and TX200V is 70 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it is very hard to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements only by going over specifications. The photograph underneath will offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-500 and TX200V.

To sum up, both of those cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-500 using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF easier and the Sony TX200V will offer you more detail because of its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older E-500 is going to be behind in sensor technology.