Canon S90 vs Sony WX150

Its time to take a deeper look at the Canon S90 and Sony WX150, both Small Sensor Compact digital cameras by competitors Canon and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the resolutions of the S90 (10MP) and WX150 (18MP) and the S90 (1/1.7") and WX150 (1/2.3") possess different sensor dimensions.

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The S90 was launched 23 months earlier than the WX150 making the cameras a generation apart from each other. Each of these cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before going in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the S90 scores versus the WX150 for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon PowerShot S90 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150. The complete galleries are viewable at Canon S90 Gallery & Sony WX150 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to carry your camera regularly, you're going to have to think about its weight and proportions. The Canon S90 enjoys external measurements of 100mm x 58mm x 31mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 1.2") with a weight of 195 grams (0.43 lbs) and the Sony WX150 has measurements of 95mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") along with a weight of 133 grams (0.29 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you choose at that moment. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the S90 against the WX150.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the S90 and WX150 is 92 and 95 respectively.

In many cases, it's difficult to picture the difference between sensor sizing only by going over specs. The graphic here will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the S90 and WX150.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The S90 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX150 will offer you greater detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics much more aggressively. The older S90 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.