Pentax K-3 II vs Sony W290

Let's take a closer look at the Pentax K-3 II and Sony W290, one is a Advanced DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Pentax and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap between the resolutions of the K-3 II (24MP) and W290 (12MP) and the K-3 II (APS-C) and W290 (1/2.3") feature different sensor sizing.

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The K-3 II was introduced 6 years after the W290 which is quite a large gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K-3 II being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W290 being a Compact camera.

Before we go straight into a full comparison, below is a short view of how the K-3 II scores vs the W290 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Pentax K-3 II and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290. The whole galleries are available at Pentax K-3 II Gallery and Sony W290 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry around your camera often, you need to take into account its weight and proportions. The Pentax K-3 II provides external measurements of 131mm x 100mm x 77mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 3.0") accompanied by a weight of 800 grams (1.76 lbs) while the Sony W290 has measurements of 98mm x 57mm x 23mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") having a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

Contrast the Pentax K-3 II and Sony W290 in the all new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you have at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the K-3 II vs the W290.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K-3 II and W290 is 59 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, it's tough to visualize the difference between sensor sizes simply by reading through technical specs. The image here will help give you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the K-3 II and W290.

As you can tell, the 2 cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The K-3 II using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Pentax K-3 II will give extra detail using its extra 12 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The more recent K-3 II provides a benefit with regard to sensor tech.