Olympus E-600 vs Sony W650

Here is a thorough review of the Olympus E-600 vs Sony W650, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the E-600 (12MP) and W650 (16MP) and the E-600 (Four Thirds) and W650 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-600 was manufactured 3 years prior to the W650 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-600 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W650 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a quick highlight of how the E-600 matches up against the W650 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-600 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-600 Gallery & Sony W650 Gallery.

If you are aiming to carry your camera often, you'll need to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus E-600 features outside measurements 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 Sony W650 has sizing of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have chosen at the time. Here is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-600 and the W650.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-600 and W650 is 71 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it is hard to see the gap between sensor sizing purely by looking at specs. The photograph here should provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-600 and W650.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-600 because of its bigger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field easier and the Sony W650 will resolve extra detail due to its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older E-600 is going to be behind in sensor technology.