Olympus 7010 vs Pentax K-30

Let's look more closely at the Olympus 7010 versus Pentax K-30, one is a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Olympus and Pentax. There exists a crucial gap among the sensor resolutions of the 7010 (12MP) and K-30 (16MP) and the 7010 (1/2.3") and K-30 (APS-C) have different sensor measurements.

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The 7010 was brought out 4 years prior to the K-30 which is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Olympus 7010 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a simple overview of how the 7010 scores versus the K-30 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus 7010 and Pentax K-30. The entire galleries are viewable at Olympus 7010 Gallery and Pentax K-30 Gallery.

For those who are going to carry around your camera, you'll need to think about its weight and volume. The Olympus 7010 features outer dimensions of 98mm x 56mm x 26mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.0") along with a weight of 145 grams (0.32 lbs) whilst the Pentax K-30 has sizing of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") and a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs).

Check out the Olympus 7010 versus Pentax K-30 in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you are using at the time. Underneath is a front view over all size comparison of the 7010 against the K-30.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the 7010 and K-30 is 94 and 63 respectively.

Quite often, it is tough to picture the contrast in sensor sizes simply by researching technical specs. The picture underneath will help give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the 7010 and K-30.

As you have seen, both cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The 7010 because of its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF harder and the Pentax K-30 will provide you with extra detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The more aged 7010 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.