Fujifilm A170 vs Sony HX99

The following is a detailed comparison of the Fujifilm A170 vs Sony HX99, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors FujiFilm and Sony. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the Fujifilm A170 (10MP) and HX99 (18MP) and the Fujifilm A170 (1/2.3") and HX99 (1/2.3-inch) possess different sensor sizes.

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The Fujifilm A170 was manufactured 10 years before the HX99 which is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before delving through a thorough comparison, below is a simple introduction of how the Fujifilm A170 scores against the HX99 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Fujifilm FinePix A170 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99. The entire galleries are available at Fujifilm A170 Gallery & Sony HX99 Gallery.

If you are going to travel with your camera frequently, you're going to have to factor in its weight and size. The Fujifilm A170 offers outside dimensions of 93mm x 60mm x 27mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 140 grams (0.31 lbs) and the Sony HX99 has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") along with a weight of 242 grams (0.53 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. Following is the front view sizing comparison of the Fujifilm A170 versus the HX99.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the Fujifilm A170 and HX99 is 94 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it can be tough to imagine the gap between sensor dimensions merely by looking at technical specs. The picture below may provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the Fujifilm A170 and HX99.

As you have seen, both of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The Fujifilm A170 due to its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony HX99 will give more detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos much more aggressively. The more aged Fujifilm A170 is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.