Pentax K-30 vs Sony S2100

The following is a in-depth assessment of the Pentax K-30 versus Sony S2100, former is a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Pentax and Sony. There exists a large gap among the resolutions of the K-30 (16MP) and S2100 (12MP) and the K-30 (APS-C) and S2100 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor dimensions.

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The K-30 was manufactured 2 years after the S2100 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras have different body design with the Pentax K-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony S2100 being a Compact camera.

Before going straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a brief view of how the K-30 scores vs the S2100 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Pentax K-30 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S2100. The entire galleries are viewable at Pentax K-30 Gallery & Sony S2100 Gallery.

When you are going to travel with your camera often, you should think about its weight and dimensions. The Pentax K-30 offers external dimensions of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") with a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs) and the Sony S2100 has dimensions of 98mm x 61mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

Look at the Pentax K-30 versus Sony S2100 in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Following is a front view scale comparison of the K-30 compared to the S2100.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K-30 and S2100 is 63 and 93 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualise the difference in sensor dimensions purely by viewing a spec sheet. The image here may offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the K-30 and S2100.

As you can see, both the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The K-30 because of its larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Pentax K-30 will render extra detail due to its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop images a bit more aggressively. The fresher K-30 is going to have an advantage when it comes to sensor technology.