Nikon L19 vs Sony W620

Its time to take a closer look at the Nikon L19 vs Sony W620, both Small Sensor Compact digital cameras by rivals Nikon and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the resolutions of the L19 (8MP) and W620 (14MP) and the L19 (1/2.5") and W620 (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor dimensions.

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The L19 was brought out 3 years earlier than the W620 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before getting through a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick summation of how the L19 scores against the W620 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Nikon Coolpix L19 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620. The entire galleries are available at Nikon L19 Gallery & Sony W620 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera regularly, you need to factor its weight and volume. The Nikon L19 comes with external dimensions of 97mm x 61mm x 29mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.1") with a weight of 130 grams (0.29 lbs) and the Sony W620 has sizing of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") and a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. The following is the front view dimensions comparison of the L19 compared to the W620.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the L19 and W620 is 94 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, its hard to envision the gap between sensor measurements purely by reading through technical specs. The graphic here should provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the L19 and W620.

As you can tell, each of the cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The L19 because of its tinier sensor will make shooting shallower DOF more difficult and the Sony W620 will give extra detail having its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images far more aggressively. The older L19 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.