Pentax K-5 II vs Sony H20

The following is a comprehensive assessment of the Pentax K-5 II vs Sony H20, former is a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Pentax and Sony. There exists a large gap between the resolutions of the K-5 II (16MP) and H20 (10MP) and the K-5 II (APS-C) and H20 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The K-5 II was announced 4 years after the H20 which is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Pentax K-5 II being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony H20 being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a in depth comparison, below is a brief summary of how the K-5 II scores vs the H20 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Pentax K-5 II & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20. The whole galleries are provided at Pentax K-5 II Gallery & Sony H20 Gallery.

If you are looking to travel with your camera regularly, you should think about its weight and dimensions. The Pentax K-5 II provides outside dimensions of 131mm x 97mm x 73mm (5.2" x 3.8" x 2.9") accompanied by a weight of 760 grams (1.68 lbs) whilst the Sony H20 has dimensions of 107mm x 69mm x 47mm (4.2" x 2.7" x 1.9") accompanied by a weight of 250 grams (0.55 lbs).

Check the Pentax K-5 II vs Sony H20 in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you select during that time. Underneath is the front view size comparison of the K-5 II vs the H20.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the K-5 II and H20 is 60 and 87 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to picture the contrast between sensor dimensions merely by reading technical specs. The image below will help give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the K-5 II and H20.

As you can tell, both cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The K-5 II using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Pentax K-5 II will offer you extra detail with its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures a little more aggressively. The more recent K-5 II provides an edge in sensor innovation.