Nikon Z50 vs Sony W650

Its time to take a deeper look at the Nikon Z50 and Sony W650, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Nikon and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the image resolutions of the Z50 (21MP) and W650 (16MP) and the Z50 (APS-C) and W650 (1/2.3") have different sensor sizing.

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The Z50 was released 7 years later than the W650 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Nikon Z50 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W650 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a brief synopsis of how the Z50 matches up versus the W650 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Nikon Z50 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650. The complete galleries are provided at Nikon Z50 Gallery & Sony W650 Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera often, you should think about its weight and size. The Nikon Z50 offers outer dimensions of 127mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 2.4") accompanied by a weight of 397 grams (0.88 lbs) whilst the Sony W650 has specifications of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") along with a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you select at the time. Following is a front view dimension comparison of the Z50 versus the W650.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the Z50 and W650 is 74 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements just by looking through specifications. The graphic here should provide you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the Z50 and W650.

To sum up, both of those cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The Z50 due to its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Nikon Z50 will render greater detail as a result of its extra 5 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The fresher Z50 provides an edge with regard to sensor technology.