Olympus E-600 vs Olympus VH-410

On this page, we will be contrasting the Olympus E-600 vs Olympus VH-410, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both are created by Olympus. There is a large difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and VH-410 (16MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and VH-410 (1/2.3") have totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-600 was launched 4 years before the VH-410 and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Olympus VH-410 being a Compact camera.

Before delving into a detailed comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-600 scores versus the VH-410 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-600 & Olympus VH-410. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-600 Gallery & Olympus VH-410 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you will have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-600 has outside dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") having a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) and the Olympus VH-410 has dimensions of 102mm x 60mm x 21mm (4.0" x 2.4" x 0.8") and a weight of 152 grams (0.34 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-600 vs Olympus VH-410 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are utilising during that time. Following is a front view scale comparison of the E-600 vs the VH-410.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the E-600 and VH-410 is 71 and 95 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to envision the contrast between sensor measurements purely by looking at a spec sheet. The visual underneath might give you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-600 and VH-410.

As you can see, the 2 cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-600 featuring a bigger sensor will make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Olympus VH-410 will resolve more detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The older E-600 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.