Panasonic FH7 vs Sony A6300

Let's take a deeper look at the Panasonic FH7 vs Sony A6300, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by brands Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the FH7 (16MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the FH7 (1/2.3") and A6300 (APS-C) have totally different sensor size.

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The FH7 was launched 5 years earlier than the A6300 which is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Panasonic FH7 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a quick synopsis of how the FH7 matches up against the A6300 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH7 & Sony Alpha a6300. The complete galleries are provided at Panasonic FH7 Gallery & Sony A6300 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to travel with your camera frequently, you need to factor in its weight and volume. The Panasonic FH7 comes with outside dimensions of 95mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") with a weight of 126 grams (0.28 lbs) whilst the Sony A6300 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") with a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Underneath is a front view size comparison of the FH7 and the A6300.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FH7 and A6300 is 96 and 83 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the contrast between sensor dimensions purely by reading through specs. The pic underneath might offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the FH7 and A6300.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The FH7 due to its tinier sensor will make getting shallow depth of field trickier and the Sony A6300 will give more detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will help you crop pics more aggressively. The more aged FH7 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.