Olympus E-600 vs Olympus 7040

Its time to take a deeper look at the Olympus E-600 versus Olympus 7040, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both produced by Olympus. The sensor resolution of the E-600 (12MP) and the 7040 (14MP) is pretty close but the E-600 (Four Thirds) and 7040 (1/2.3") use different sensor dimensions.

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The E-600 was launched 4 months before the 7040 and they are of a similar age. Both cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Olympus 7040 being a Compact camera.

Before diving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise view of how the E-600 grades versus the 7040 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-600 & Olympus Stylus 7040. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-600 Gallery & Olympus 7040 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-600 features outside dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") with a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) while the Olympus 7040 has proportions of 95mm x 56mm x 26mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 1.0") with a weight of 144 grams (0.32 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have attached at that time. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the E-600 versus the 7040.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-600 and 7040 is 71 and 95 respectively.

In many cases, it is very difficult to picture the gap in sensor sizes merely by viewing specs. The image here might provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the E-600 and 7040.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The E-600 because of its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF less difficult and the Olympus 7040 will provide you with extra detail utilizing its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures far more aggressively.