Olympus E-500 vs Sony W650

Following is a comprehensive assessment of the Olympus E-500 versus Sony W650, one is a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a huge gap between the resolutions of the E-500 (8MP) and W650 (16MP) and the E-500 (Four Thirds) and W650 (1/2.3") posses different sensor dimensions.

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The E-500 was announced 7 years before the W650 which is quite a significant gap as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-500 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W650 being a Compact camera.

Before diving into a in-depth comparison, here is a short highlight of how the E-500 scores versus the W650 for portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-500 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650. The whole galleries are provided at Olympus E-500 Gallery and Sony W650 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to carry around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor in its weight and volume. The Olympus E-500 comes with outer dimensions of 130mm x 95mm x 66mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.6") and a weight of 479 grams (1.06 lbs) and the Sony W650 has sizing of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") along with a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-500 versus Sony W650 in the all new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you are using at that moment. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the E-500 compared to the W650.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-500 and W650 is 70 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to picture the difference between sensor sizes merely by reading through specifications. The picture below should offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-500 and W650.

To sum up, each of the cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The E-500 having a larger sensor is going to make achieving bokeh less difficult and the Sony W650 will resolve more detail with its extra 8MP. Greater resolution will let you crop pics way more aggressively. The more aged E-500 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.