Nikon S8100 vs Sony WX300

Below is a complete review of the Nikon S8100 and Sony WX300, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Nikon and Sony. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the S8100 (12MP) and WX300 (18MP) but they come with the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The S8100 was launched 3 years earlier than the WX300 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go straight into a in depth comparison, below is a brief summation of how the S8100 matches up versus the WX300 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Nikon Coolpix S8100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The complete galleries are viewable at Nikon S8100 Gallery & Sony WX300 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you will have to think about its weight and dimensions. The Nikon S8100 has outside dimensions of 104mm x 60mm x 30mm (4.1" x 2.4" x 1.2") accompanied by a weight of 180 grams (0.40 lbs) and the Sony WX300 has dimensions of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") along with a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

Check out the Nikon S8100 and Sony WX300 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are employing at that moment. Here is the front view sizing comparison of the S8100 vs the WX300.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the S8100 and WX300 is 93 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to imagine the difference between sensor measurements purely by reading through specs. The graphic here will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the S8100 and WX300.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements albeit different megapixels. You can count on the Sony WX300 to give you extra detail utilizing its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older S8100 is going to be behind in sensor tech.