Casio EX-10 vs Sony A77 II

Lets look a bit more closely at the Casio EX-10 versus Sony A77 II, one is a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Advanced DSLR by brands Casio and Sony. There exists a significant gap between the image resolutions of the EX-10 (12MP) and A77 II (24MP) and the EX-10 (1/1.7") and A77 II (APS-C) come with totally different sensor dimensions.

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The EX-10 was unveiled 6 months earlier than the A77 II and they are of a similar generation. The two cameras offer different body type with the Casio EX-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony A77 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before we go straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a simple summation of how the EX-10 matches up vs the A77 II in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Casio Exilim EX-10 and Sony SLT-A77 II. The full galleries are provided at Casio EX-10 Gallery and Sony A77 II Gallery.

If you're going to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Casio EX-10 has physical dimensions of 120mm x 68mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.7" x 1.9") accompanied by a weight of 384 grams (0.85 lbs) whilst the Sony A77 II has dimensions of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 647 grams (1.43 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you are utilising at that time. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the EX-10 against the A77 II.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the EX-10 and A77 II is 83 and 62 respectively.

Normally, it is tough to envision the gap between sensor dimensions purely by reading a spec sheet. The pic here may provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the EX-10 and A77 II.

Clearly, both of the cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The EX-10 with its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field tougher and the Sony A77 II will offer you greater detail having an extra 12 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs a little more aggressively.