Olympus E-P2 vs Sony W710

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Olympus E-P2 and Sony W710, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There is a large difference between the image resolutions of the E-P2 (12MP) and W710 (16MP) and the E-P2 (Four Thirds) and W710 (1/2.3") offer different sensor size.

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The E-P2 was brought out 3 years prior to the W710 and that is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Olympus E-P2 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W710 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a concise introduction of how the E-P2 grades versus the W710 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus PEN E-P2 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The entire galleries are provided at Olympus E-P2 Gallery & Sony W710 Gallery.

If you're looking to carry your camera often, you need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Olympus E-P2 has got external dimensions of 121mm x 70mm x 36mm (4.8" x 2.8" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 355 grams (0.78 lbs) while the Sony W710 has dimensions of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

Contrast the Olympus E-P2 and Sony W710 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you use at that moment. The following is a front view dimensions comparison of the E-P2 versus the W710.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the E-P2 and W710 is 86 and 96 respectively.

Generally, it is very hard to visualize the gap between sensor sizing merely by going over technical specs. The photograph below might give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the E-P2 and W710.

As you have seen, both the cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The E-P2 because of its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony W710 will offer more detail having its extra 4MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older E-P2 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.