Olympus 7000 vs Sony W830

Let's look more closely at the Olympus 7000 vs Sony W830, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Ultracompact by competitors Olympus and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the 7000 (12MP) and W830 (20MP) but both cameras boast the same sensor dimensions (1/2.3").

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The 7000 was revealed 6 years before the W830 which is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Olympus 7000 being a Compact camera and the Sony W830 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight to a complete comparison, here is a brief overview of how the 7000 scores vs the W830 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus 7000 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830. The full galleries are viewable at Olympus 7000 Gallery & Sony W830 Gallery.

When you are intending to travel with your camera, you will want to think about its weight and dimensions. The Olympus 7000 offers external dimensions of 96mm x 56mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") accompanied by a weight of 172 grams (0.38 lbs) whilst the Sony W830 has dimensions of 93mm x 52mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Here is a front view physical size comparison of the 7000 vs the W830.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the 7000 and W830 is 94 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to picture the gap in sensor dimensions just by going through specs. The picture underneath will offer you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the 7000 and W830.

All in all, each of the cameras provide the same sensor dimensions albeit different resolution. You can expect the Sony W830 to show more detail because of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs more aggressively. The more aged 7000 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.