Olympus E-620 vs Sony HX10V

Its time to look closer at the Olympus E-620 and Sony HX10V, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Olympus and Sony. There is a sizable difference among the resolutions of the E-620 (12MP) and HX10V (18MP) and the E-620 (Four Thirds) and HX10V (1/2.3") feature different sensor sizing.

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The E-620 was introduced 3 years prior to the HX10V and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX10V being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a full comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the E-620 matches up against the HX10V in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-620 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V. The whole galleries are available at Olympus E-620 Gallery & Sony HX10V Gallery.

For anybody who is looking to lug around your camera, you are going to need to consider its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-620 features physical dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") accompanied by a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs) and the Sony HX10V has measurements of 105mm x 60mm x 34mm (4.1" x 2.4" x 1.3") along with a weight of 234 grams (0.52 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have at the time. Here is the front view size comparison of the E-620 vs the HX10V.

Considering size and weight, the portability score of the E-620 and HX10V is 71 and 91 respectively.

Usually, it is tough to imagine the gap in sensor measurements just by looking through a spec sheet. The photograph below will help give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-620 and HX10V.

Clearly, both the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-620 having a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony HX10V will result in more detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older E-620 will be behind with regard to sensor tech.