Olympus E-510 vs Sony RX10 II

Following is a complete review of the Olympus E-510 and Sony RX10 II, one is a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Large Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap between the image resolutions of the E-510 (10MP) and RX10 II (20MP) and the E-510 (Four Thirds) and RX10 II (1") enjoy different sensor sizes.

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The E-510 was released 8 years prior to the RX10 II which is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-510 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony RX10 II being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going through a complete comparison, below is a quick view of how the E-510 scores against the RX10 II when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-510 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-510 Gallery and Sony RX10 II Gallery.

For anybody who is going to carry around your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor in its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-510 has got outer dimensions of 136mm x 92mm x 68mm (5.4" x 3.6" x 2.7") with a weight of 490 grams (1.08 lbs) and the Sony RX10 II has measurements of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") with a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-510 and Sony RX10 II in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are working with at that moment. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the E-510 against the RX10 II.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-510 and RX10 II is 69 and 58 respectively.

Quite often, it can be difficult to imagine the gap between sensor sizes merely by checking technical specs. The image underneath might offer you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-510 and RX10 II.

As you can tell, each of these cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The E-510 due to its bigger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh less difficult and the Sony RX10 II will give more detail as a result of its extra 10MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The more aged E-510 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.