Olympus 7040 vs Pentax K110D

Let's take a closer look at the Olympus 7040 and Pentax K110D, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by rivals Olympus and Pentax. There exists a significant gap between the image resolutions of the 7040 (14MP) and K110D (6MP) and the 7040 (1/2.3") and K110D (APS-C) posses totally different sensor sizing.

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The 7040 was manufactured 3 years later than the K110D and that is quite a sizable gap as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Olympus 7040 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K110D being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go straight to a thorough comparison, here is a simple overview of how the 7040 scores versus the K110D when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus Stylus 7040 and Pentax K110D. The entire galleries are available at Olympus 7040 Gallery and Pentax K110D Gallery.

In case you're looking to lug around your camera, you're going to have to factor in its weight and measurements. The Olympus 7040 has got external measurements of 95mm x 56mm x 26mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 1.0") having a weight of 144 grams (0.32 lbs) and the Pentax K110D has proportions of 129mm x 93mm x 70mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 585 grams (1.29 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you are employing at that moment. Following is a front view measurement comparison of the 7040 and the K110D.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the 7040 and K110D is 95 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the gap between sensor measurements merely by reading through specs. The graphic underneath may give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the 7040 and K110D.

All in all, each of the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The 7040 because of its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow DOF more difficult and the Olympus 7040 will give you more detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs more aggressively. The more recent 7040 is going to have an advantage with regard to sensor innovation.