Panasonic G95 vs Sony W610

Here is a detailed review of the Panasonic G95 and Sony W610, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the sensor resolutions of the G95 (20.3MP) and W610 (14MP) and the G95 (Four Thirds) and W610 (1/2.3") possess different sensor size.

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The G95 was announced 7 years later than the W610 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Panasonic G95 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W610 being a Compact camera.

Before going straight into a thorough comparison, below is a simple summary of how the G95 scores versus the W610 for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DMC-G95 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610. The whole galleries are available at Panasonic G95 Gallery & Sony W610 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to carry your camera often, you'll need to factor in its weight and volume. The Panasonic G95 features external measurements of 130mm x 94mm x 77mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 3.0") and a weight of 536 grams (1.18 lbs) whilst the Sony W610 has sizing of 93mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") along with a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have at the time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the G95 against the W610.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the G95 and W610 is 67 and 97 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to picture the gap in sensor sizing only by checking out technical specs. The visual here might give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the G95 and W610.

As you can tell, each of these cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The G95 with its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Panasonic G95 will produce extra detail with its extra 6.3MP. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs far more aggressively. The more recent G95 provides a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.