Pentax Efina vs Sony A6500

Lets look more closely at the Pentax Efina vs Sony A6500, one is a Ultracompact and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Pentax and Sony. There is a huge difference between the resolutions of the Efina (14MP) and A6500 (24MP) and the Efina (1/2.3") and A6500 (APS-C) have totally different sensor measurements.

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The Efina was manufactured 4 years earlier than the A6500 which is quite a significant gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Pentax Efina being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A6500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going right into a in depth comparison, here is a quick summation of how the Efina matches up vs the A6500 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax Efina and Sony Alpha a6500. The entire galleries are provided at Pentax Efina Gallery and Sony A6500 Gallery.

For anyone who is aiming to carry around your camera regularly, you need to factor its weight and proportions. The Pentax Efina provides outside measurements of 87mm x 54mm x 21mm (3.4" x 2.1" x 0.8") accompanied by a weight of 91 grams (0.20 lbs) whilst the Sony A6500 has measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 53mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.1") having a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you use at that time. Underneath is a front view dimension comparison of the Efina compared to the A6500.

Considering size and weight, the portability rating of the Efina and A6500 is 97 and 81 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to envision the gap between sensor sizes only by looking at a spec sheet. The image below might provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the Efina and A6500.

Clearly, each of the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The Efina due to its tinier sensor will make shooting shallow DOF more difficult and the Sony A6500 will give greater detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop pics a bit more aggressively. The more aged Efina is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.