Olympus E-PL3 vs Sony W800

The following is a thorough comparison of the Olympus E-PL3 vs Sony W800, one is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. There exists a crucial gap between the resolutions of the E-PL3 (12MP) and W800 (20MP) and the E-PL3 (Four Thirds) and W800 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor sizes.

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The E-PL3 was manufactured 3 years before the W800 which is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-PL3 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before we go in to a thorough comparison, below is a brief summation of how the E-PL3 matches up against the W800 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus PEN E-PL3 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus E-PL3 Gallery and Sony W800 Gallery.

If you are going to travel with your camera, you are going to need to factor its weight and size. The Olympus E-PL3 comes with exterior measurements of 110mm x 64mm x 37mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.5") having a weight of 313 grams (0.69 lbs) and the Sony W800 has specifications of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you are using during that time. Below is the front view dimension comparison of the E-PL3 versus the W800.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-PL3 and W800 is 88 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to envision the gap between sensor dimensions just by going over technical specs. The pic underneath might give you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-PL3 and W800.

As you can tell, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The E-PL3 due to its bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF easier and the Sony W800 will offer you more detail due to its extra 8MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged E-PL3 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.