Nikon Z5 vs Sony A500

Following is a extensive analysis of the Nikon Z5 and Sony A500, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR by companies Nikon and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the Z5 (24MP) and A500 (12MP) and the Z5 (Full frame) and A500 (APS-C) come with different sensor size.

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The Z5 was launched 11 years after the A500 which is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Nikon Z5 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony A500 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go through a in-depth comparison, below is a brief summary of how the Z5 grades vs the A500 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Nikon Z5 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A500. The complete galleries are available at Nikon Z5 Gallery & Sony A500 Gallery.

For anybody who is aiming to carry around your camera, you'll have to factor its weight and proportions. The Nikon Z5 offers exterior dimensions of 134mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.3" x 4.0" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 675 grams (1.49 lbs) whilst the Sony A500 has measurements of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") accompanied by a weight of 630 grams (1.39 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at the time. Following is the front view measurement comparison of the Z5 vs the A500.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the Z5 and A500 is 62 and 63 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to picture the difference between sensor sizes only by reading technical specs. The picture here might provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the Z5 and A500.

As you can tell, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The Z5 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Nikon Z5 will deliver greater detail utilizing its extra 12MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The younger Z5 should have a benefit in sensor technology.