Pentax K-5 vs Sony W610

Below, we are evaluating the Pentax K-5 versus Sony W610, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Pentax and Sony. The image resolution of the K-5 (16MP) and the W610 (14MP) is fairly well matched but the K-5 (APS-C) and W610 (1/2.3") use different sensor sizes.

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The K-5 was brought out 12 months before the W610 which means that they are both of a similar age. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K-5 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W610 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a short view of how the K-5 scores against the W610 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K-5 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610. The entire galleries are available at Pentax K-5 Gallery & Sony W610 Gallery.

In case you're looking to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Pentax K-5 provides outside dimensions of 131mm x 97mm x 73mm (5.2" x 3.8" x 2.9") and a weight of 740 grams (1.63 lbs) while the Sony W610 has measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") having a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Underneath is the front view scale comparison of the K-5 and the W610.

Considering size and weight, the portability grade of the K-5 and W610 is 60 and 97 respectively.

In many cases, its hard to picture the gap between sensor measurements purely by checking technical specs. The visual below may give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the K-5 and W610.

As you can tell, both of those cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The K-5 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Pentax K-5 will resolve more detail having its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also help you crop photos much more aggressively. The older K-5 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.