Olympus E-510 vs Samsung HZ10W

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Olympus E-510 and the Samsung HZ10W, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Olympus E-510 was introduced in November 2007 and Samsung HZ10W was introduced in May 2009. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus E-510 over Samsung HZ10W.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Samsung HZ10W over Olympus E-510.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Olympus E-510 has a 2.5" screen with 230k dot resolution and Samsung HZ10W has a 2.70" screen with 230k dot resolution. Both have Fixed screens.

Optical (pentamirror) Viewfinder on Olympus E-510

Olympus E-510 has a built-in Optical (pentamirror) viewfinder. It has a 95% coverage and 0.92x (0.46x 35mm equivalent) magnification. There is no built-in or optional viewfinder available on Samsung HZ10W.

Olympus E-510 features a 10.0 megapixel Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor with dimensions of 17.3 x 13 mm and a total area of 224.9 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 1,600. Samsung HZ10W features a 10.2 megapixel 1/2.33-inch CCD sensor with dimensions of 6.08 x 4.56 mm and a total area of 20.8 mm². Its native ISO range is 80 - 3,200.

Olympus E-510 can take pictures up to 3648 x 2736 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 3200 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 with 4:3 aspect ratios. Samsung HZ10W can take pictures up to 3648 x 2432 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 3648 x 2432, 3648 x 2056, 3072 x 2304, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536,1024 x 768 with 16:9, 4:3, 3:2 aspect ratios.

Image Stabilization

The cameras have a built-in image stabilization. On Olympus E-510 it means that you are still getting vibration reduction when it is paired with non-image stabilizied lenses. It also works with lenses with optical image stabilization and in combination can achieve even better compensation.

USB Inputs

Both models have USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) inputs for data transfer.

Battery

Samsung HZ10W comes with SLB-10A battery pack.

External Storage Slots

Olympus E-510 has a single Compact Flash (Type I/II), xD Picture Card card slot. Samsung HZ10W has a single SC/SDHC/MMC/MMCplus card slot.

Shutter

Olympus E-510 has Computerized focal-plane shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/4000 sec on Olympus E-510, and up to 1/1500 sec on Samsung HZ10W. Olympus E-510 can shoot continuously up to 3.0 fps.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Olympus E-510 ranges from +1 to +20 EV and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Olympus E-510 and ±2 range on Samsung HZ10W. You can also do exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Olympus E-510 and exposure bracketing on Samsung HZ10W.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 12.00 m at ISO 100 on Olympus E-510. Olympus E-510 also accepts external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe. The fastest flash synchronization speed is 1/180 sec on Olympus E-510.

Olympus E-510 body has dimensions of 136 x 92 x 68 mm (5.35 x 3.62 x 2.68") and Samsung HZ10W body has dimensions of 105 x 61 x 37 mm (4.13 x 2.4 x 1.46"). Olympus E-510 weighs 490 g (1.08 lb / 17.28 oz) and Samsung HZ10W weighs 249 g (0.55 lb / 8.78 oz).

Olympus E-510

Samsung HZ10W

136 mm

92 mm

105 mm

61 mm

92 mm

61 mm

68 mm

37 mm