Olympus E-510 vs Olympus 7030

Let's look more closely at the Olympus E-510 vs Olympus 7030, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are sold by Olympus. There exists a crucial gap between the image resolutions of the E-510 (10MP) and 7030 (14MP) and the E-510 (Four Thirds) and 7030 (1/2.3") posses different sensor size.

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The E-510 was released 3 years prior to the 7030 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-510 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus 7030 being a Compact camera.

Before delving right into a thorough comparison, here is a brief introduction of how the E-510 scores vs the 7030 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-510 and Olympus Stylus 7030. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-510 Gallery and Olympus 7030 Gallery.

If you are aiming to lug around your camera, you will need to think about its weight and size. The Olympus E-510 offers external dimensions of 136mm x 92mm x 68mm (5.4" x 3.6" x 2.7") along with a weight of 490 grams (1.08 lbs) and the Olympus 7030 has specifications of 93mm x 56mm x 26mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 1.0") along with a weight of 140 grams (0.31 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary based on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the E-510 vs the 7030.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-510 and 7030 is 69 and 95 respectively.

Sometimes, it's tough to picture the gap between sensor measurements just by looking at a spec sheet. The visual below may provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-510 and 7030.

As you can see, both the cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-510 featuring a larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus 7030 will give you extra detail as a result of its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images more aggressively. The older E-510 is going to be behind in sensor tech.