Canon SX720 HS vs Sony WX80

Lets look much closer at the Canon SX720 HS and Sony WX80, one being a Small Sensor Superzoom and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Canon and Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the sensor resolutions of the SX720 HS (20.3MP) and WX80 (16MP) but both cameras posses the same sensor measurements (1/2.3").

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The SX720 HS was announced 3 years later than the WX80 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras have the same body design (Compact).

Before going right into a in-depth comparison, here is a quick highlight of how the SX720 HS matches up against the WX80 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Canon PowerShot SX720 HS and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80. The whole galleries are viewable at Canon SX720 HS Gallery and Sony WX80 Gallery.

If you're intending to lug around your camera, you're going to have to consider its weight and volume. The Canon SX720 HS comes with outer dimensions of 110mm x 64mm x 36mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.4") and a weight of 270 grams (0.60 lbs) and the Sony WX80 has sizing of 92mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.9") along with a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you have at that moment. The following is a front view size comparison of the SX720 HS compared to the WX80.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SX720 HS and WX80 is 89 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, its difficult to visualise the difference in sensor measurements just by viewing technical specs. The graphic here might offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the SX720 HS and WX80.

As you have seen, each of the cameras have the same sensor dimensions albeit not the same resolution. You should expect the Canon SX720 HS to render greater detail with its extra 4.3 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs a bit more aggressively. The more recent SX720 HS is going to have an edge when it comes to sensor tech.