Pentax K-30 vs Sony W350

Below is a thorough review of the Pentax K-30 vs Sony W350, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact by rivals Pentax and Sony. The sensor resolution of the K-30 (16MP) and the W350 (14MP) is fairly comparable but the K-30 (APS-C) and W350 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor measurements.

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The K-30 was announced 2 years later than the W350 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Pentax K-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W350 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a short highlight of how the K-30 scores versus the W350 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K-30 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W350. The whole galleries are available at Pentax K-30 Gallery & Sony W350 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to lug around your camera often, you'll need to factor in its weight and measurements. The Pentax K-30 comes with physical dimensions of 130mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 2.8") along with a weight of 650 grams (1.43 lbs) and the Sony W350 has proportions of 91mm x 52mm x 17mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") with a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you choose at that time. Here is the front view physical size comparison of the K-30 versus the W350.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the K-30 and W350 is 63 and 97 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the gap in sensor measurements purely by seeing specifications. The photograph here will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the K-30 and W350.

Plainly, both of those cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The K-30 with its larger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field simpler and the Pentax K-30 will produce more detail with its extra 2MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos a little more aggressively. The more modern K-30 is going to have an advantage in sensor innovation.