Olympus E-620 vs Sony WX300

Let's look more in depth at the Olympus E-620 and Sony WX300, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the E-620 (12MP) and WX300 (18MP) and the E-620 (Four Thirds) and WX300 (1/2.3") provide different sensor dimensions.

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The E-620 was unveiled 4 years prior to the WX300 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a thorough comparison, here is a short summary of how the E-620 matches up vs the WX300 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Olympus E-620 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus E-620 Gallery & Sony WX300 Gallery.

When you are aiming to carry your camera often, you need to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus E-620 offers external 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 WX300 has specifications of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") and a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

Check out the Olympus E-620 and Sony WX300 in our completely new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have at that moment. The following is a front view size comparison of the E-620 compared to the WX300.

Considering size and weight, the portability rating of the E-620 and WX300 is 71 and 94 respectively.

Generally, it's difficult to visualize the difference in sensor sizing only by viewing technical specs. The visual below will give you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-620 and WX300.

As you can tell, both of those cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-620 using its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX300 will provide you with more detail having an extra 6MP. Greater resolution will help you crop pics way more aggressively. The older E-620 will be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.