Kodak C140 vs Pentax K-3 II

Below is a comprehensive review of the Kodak C140 versus Pentax K-3 II, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Advanced DSLR by companies Kodak and Pentax. There is a crucial difference among the sensor resolutions of the C140 (8MP) and K-3 II (24MP) and the C140 (1/2.5") and K-3 II (APS-C) provide different sensor measurements.

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The C140 was introduced 7 years before the K-3 II and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Kodak C140 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-3 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before we go into a in depth comparison, here is a brief summary of how the C140 scores versus the K-3 II in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Kodak EasyShare C140 and Pentax K-3 II. The whole galleries are available at Kodak C140 Gallery and Pentax K-3 II Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and size. The Kodak C140 comes with external dimensions of 92mm x 63mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.5" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 160 grams (0.35 lbs) and the Pentax K-3 II has specifications of 131mm x 100mm x 77mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 3.0") having a weight of 800 grams (1.76 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that time. Underneath is a front view size comparison of the C140 vs the K-3 II.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the C140 and K-3 II is 94 and 59 respectively.

In many cases, it is difficult to imagine the contrast in sensor measurements purely by looking through a spec sheet. The visual underneath may provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the C140 and K-3 II.

As you can see, both cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The C140 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more difficult and the Pentax K-3 II will provide you with more detail using its extra 16 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop photos way more aggressively. The older C140 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.