Olympus E-600 vs Sony HX100V

Let's look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-600 vs Sony HX100V, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Olympus and Sony. There is a sizeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and HX100V (16MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and HX100V (1/2.3") possess totally different sensor measurements.

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The E-600 was brought out 3 years prior to the HX100V and that is quite a large gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX100V being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting through a in depth comparison, below is a concise summation of how the E-600 grades vs the HX100V in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-600 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-600 Gallery and Sony HX100V Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera regularly, you'll have to factor its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-600 has outer dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") having a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) whilst the Sony HX100V has proportions of 122mm x 87mm x 93mm (4.8" x 3.4" x 3.7") with a weight of 577 grams (1.27 lbs).

Take a look at the Olympus E-600 vs Sony HX100V in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary based on the lens you have at the time. Here is the front view size comparison of the E-600 versus the HX100V.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the E-600 and HX100V is 71 and 66 respectively.

In many cases, it is tough to visualise the gap between sensor measurements just by reading a spec sheet. The visual here will give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-600 and HX100V.

Clearly, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The E-600 due to its bigger sensor will make getting shallower DOF less difficult and the Sony HX100V will offer you more detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older E-600 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.