Olympus SH-50 vs Sony A330

Its time to examine more closely at the Olympus SH-50 versus Sony A330, one is a Small Sensor Superzoom and the other is a Entry-Level DSLR by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap between the resolutions of the SH-50 (16MP) and A330 (10MP) and the SH-50 (1/2.3") and A330 (APS-C) come with different sensor size.

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The SH-50 was launched 3 years after the A330 which is quite a large gap as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Olympus SH-50 being a Compact camera and the Sony A330 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting through a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise summary of how the SH-50 matches up against the A330 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus SH-50 and Sony Alpha DSLR-A330. The complete galleries are available at Olympus SH-50 Gallery and Sony A330 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to travel with your camera often, you will have to think about its weight and proportions. The Olympus SH-50 comes with outer dimensions of 112mm x 63mm x 42mm (4.4" x 2.5" x 1.7") along with a weight of 269 grams (0.59 lbs) while the Sony A330 has measurements of 128mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.8") with a weight of 529 grams (1.17 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you are utilising at that time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the SH-50 vs the A330.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SH-50 and A330 is 88 and 67 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the contrast between sensor dimensions just by reviewing specs. The picture underneath will help provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the SH-50 and A330.

As you can plainly see, both cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The SH-50 because of its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field harder and the Olympus SH-50 will offer you more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Greater resolution can also help you crop images a little more aggressively. The younger SH-50 should have a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.