Olympus E-510 vs Sony WX30

Let's look much closer at the Olympus E-510 vs Sony WX30, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-510 (10MP) and WX30 (16MP) and the E-510 (Four Thirds) and WX30 (1/2.3") offer different sensor dimensions.

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The E-510 was introduced 4 years prior to the WX30 and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-510 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony WX30 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a short overview of how the E-510 grades versus the WX30 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-510 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX30. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-510 Gallery & Sony WX30 Gallery.

In case you're looking to carry your camera, you will want to consider its weight and volume. The Olympus E-510 comes with exterior dimensions of 136mm x 92mm x 68mm (5.4" x 3.6" x 2.7") having a weight of 490 grams (1.08 lbs) and the Sony WX30 has sizing of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is a front view proportions comparison of the E-510 and the WX30.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-510 and WX30 is 69 and 96 respectively.

In many cases, it can be hard to imagine the difference between sensor sizing purely by going over specs. The graphic here may provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-510 and WX30.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The E-510 using its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field easier and the Sony WX30 will offer more detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos a bit more aggressively. The older E-510 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.