Olympus E-520 vs Samsung NX200

Its time to look much closer at the Olympus E-520 vs Samsung NX200, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Entry-Level Mirrorless by manufacturers Olympus and Samsung. There exists a significant gap among the image resolutions of the E-520 (10MP) and NX200 (20MP) and the E-520 (Four Thirds) and NX200 (APS-C) enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The E-520 was unveiled 4 years before the NX200 and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-520 being a Compact SLR camera and the Samsung NX200 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting through a comprehensive comparison, below is a short summary of how the E-520 grades versus the NX200 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-520 and Samsung NX200. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-520 Gallery and Samsung NX200 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera often, you should think about its weight and size. The Olympus E-520 offers physical dimensions of 136mm x 92mm x 68mm (5.4" x 3.6" x 2.7") along with a weight of 552 grams (1.22 lbs) and the Samsung NX200 has specifications of 117mm x 63mm x 36mm (4.6" x 2.5" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 223 grams (0.49 lbs).

Look at the Olympus E-520 vs Samsung NX200 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Below is the front view scale comparison of the E-520 versus the NX200.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-520 and NX200 is 68 and 90 respectively.

More often than not, it is hard to picture the gap in sensor measurements merely by going through technical specs. The visual underneath might give you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-520 and NX200.

As you can tell, the 2 cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-520 using its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field harder and the Samsung NX200 will produce extra detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older E-520 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.