Olympus E-600 vs Sony HX7V

Lets look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-600 vs Sony HX7V, one is a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There is a significant difference between the resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and HX7V (16MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and HX7V (1/2.3") posses different sensor dimensions.

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The E-600 was brought out 22 months before the HX7V which makes them a generation away from each other. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX7V being a Compact camera.

Before going straight to a detailed comparison, here is a brief summary of how the E-600 scores against the HX7V when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-600 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V. The entire galleries are available at Olympus E-600 Gallery and Sony HX7V Gallery.

For anybody who is going to carry around your camera frequently, you should take into account its weight and size. The Olympus E-600 comes with outside dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") along with a weight of 515 grams (1.14 lbs) and the Sony HX7V has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you have at that moment. Underneath is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-600 versus the HX7V.

Considering size and weight, the portability rating of the E-600 and HX7V is 71 and 92 respectively.

Oftentimes, its hard to imagine the gap between sensor sizes merely by looking at specs. The pic below will help offer you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the E-600 and HX7V.

All in all, each of the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The E-600 because of its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field easier and the Sony HX7V will resolve extra detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop pictures more aggressively. The more aged E-600 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.