Olympus E-620 vs Sony TX5

Let's look much closer at the Olympus E-620 vs Sony TX5, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact by competitors Olympus and Sony. The sensor resolution of the E-620 (12MP) and the TX5 (10MP) is relatively well matched but the E-620 (Four Thirds) and TX5 (1/2.4") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The E-620 was revealed 7 months prior to the TX5 so they are both of a similar age. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony TX5 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go straight into a thorough comparison, below is a concise view of how the E-620 grades versus the TX5 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus E-620 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5. The full galleries are provided at Olympus E-620 Gallery & Sony TX5 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to carry your camera regularly, you should factor its weight and proportions. The Olympus E-620 comes with exterior dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") along with a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs) whilst the Sony TX5 has measurements of 94mm x 57mm x 18mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") and a weight of 148 grams (0.33 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have at that time. Here is the front view dimension comparison of the E-620 vs the TX5.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability grade of the E-620 and TX5 is 71 and 96 respectively.

Usually, its tough to imagine the difference between sensor sizing simply by checking specs. The graphic here will give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-620 and TX5.

As you can plainly see, both cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The E-620 with its bigger sensor is going to make getting bokeh easier and the Olympus E-620 will resolve more detail because of its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The older E-620 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.