Panasonic SZ8 vs Pentax K-1 II

Its time to examine more in depth at the Panasonic SZ8 and Pentax K-1 II, one being a Small Sensor Superzoom and the latter is a Advanced DSLR by manufacturers Panasonic and Pentax. There is a sizeable difference among the resolutions of the SZ8 (16MP) and K-1 II (36MP) and the SZ8 (1/2.3") and K-1 II (Full frame) use different sensor measurements.

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The SZ8 was released 5 years before the K-1 II and that is a fairly large gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Panasonic SZ8 being a Compact camera and the Pentax K-1 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going in to a more detailed comparison, below is a quick overview of how the SZ8 scores against the K-1 II with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ8 and Pentax K-1 Mark II. The complete galleries are viewable at Panasonic SZ8 Gallery and Pentax K-1 II Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor its weight and volume. The Panasonic SZ8 features outside measurements of 100mm x 60mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 1.1") with a weight of 159 grams (0.35 lbs) and the Pentax K-1 II has sizing of 137mm x 110mm x 86mm (5.4" x 4.3" x 3.4") along with a weight of 1010 grams (2.23 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary depending on the lens you use at that moment. The following is the front view scale comparison of the SZ8 and the K-1 II.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability grade of the SZ8 and K-1 II is 94 and 55 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to picture the contrast in sensor measurements just by researching specs. The visual here will help give you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the SZ8 and K-1 II.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The SZ8 due to its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF harder and the Pentax K-1 II will provide you with extra detail as a result of its extra 20MP. Higher resolution will also let you crop photographs a little more aggressively. The older SZ8 will be behind in sensor innovation.