Panasonic L10 vs Sony A6300

Below, we will be looking at the Panasonic L10 vs Sony A6300, one being a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Panasonic and Sony. There is a huge difference between the image resolutions of the L10 (10MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the L10 (Four Thirds) and A6300 (APS-C) enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The L10 was manufactured 9 years prior to the A6300 and that is quite a significant gap as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic L10 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before we go through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the L10 scores versus the A6300 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 and Sony Alpha a6300. The entire galleries are provided at Panasonic L10 Gallery and Sony A6300 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor in its weight and volume. The Panasonic L10 enjoys external dimensions of 135mm x 96mm x 78mm (5.3" x 3.8" x 3.1") and a weight of 556 grams (1.23 lbs) whilst the Sony A6300 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") having a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you are utilizing during that time. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the L10 compared to the A6300.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the L10 and A6300 is 66 and 83 respectively.

Usually, it is very hard to picture the difference between sensor measurements merely by reading technical specs. The visual underneath will help provide you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the L10 and A6300.

As you have seen, both of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The L10 because of its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more challenging and the Sony A6300 will offer you greater detail due to its extra 14MP. Higher resolution will let you crop pictures much more aggressively. The older L10 is going to be behind in sensor innovation.