Panasonic S1R vs Sony H300

Lets look a bit more closely at the Panasonic S1R vs Sony H300, former is a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by brands Panasonic and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the image resolutions of the S1R (47MP) and H300 (20MP) and the S1R (Full frame) and H300 (1/2.3") use different sensor size.

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The S1R was unveiled 5 years after the H300 which is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic S1R being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony H300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going straight into a detailed comparison, below is a brief view of how the S1R matches up versus the H300 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DC-S1R & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300. The full galleries are available at Panasonic S1R Gallery & Sony H300 Gallery.

If you are aiming to travel with your camera, you are going to need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic S1R offers outer dimensions of 149mm x 110mm x 97mm (5.9" x 4.3" x 3.8") and a weight of 1020 grams (2.25 lbs) and the Sony H300 has dimensions of 130mm x 95mm x 122mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 4.8") accompanied by a weight of 590 grams (1.30 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are working with at the time. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the S1R against the H300.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the S1R and H300 is 54 and 63 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to picture the gap between sensor dimensions only by reading specs. The picture below should give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the S1R and H300.

All in all, each of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The S1R having a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field easier and the Panasonic S1R will offer you extra detail having an extra 27 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more recent S1R should have an advantage in sensor tech.