Nikon D5300 vs Sony A7R II

Below is a extensive comparison of the Nikon D5300 and Sony A7R II, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Pro Mirrorless by rivals Nikon and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the image resolutions of the D5300 (24MP) and A7R II (42MP) and the D5300 (APS-C) and A7R II (Full frame) feature different sensor dimensions.

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The D5300 was manufactured 16 months earlier than the A7R II which makes the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Nikon D5300 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony A7R II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a concise summation of how the D5300 scores against the A7R II in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Nikon D5300 & Sony Alpha A7R II. The entire galleries are viewable at Nikon D5300 Gallery & Sony A7R II Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera frequently, you'll have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Nikon D5300 comes with outer dimensions of 125mm x 98mm x 76mm (4.9" x 3.9" x 3.0") and a weight of 480 grams (1.06 lbs) and the Sony A7R II has dimensions of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") with a weight of 625 grams (1.38 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have at that time. The following is the front view scale comparison of the D5300 versus the A7R II.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the D5300 and A7R II is 68 and 68 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to visualize the gap between sensor measurements purely by reading through technical specs. The photograph underneath should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the D5300 and A7R II.

As you have seen, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The D5300 because of its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF more difficult and the Sony A7R II will resolve extra detail due to its extra 18 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older D5300 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.