Pentax K-70 vs Sony HX7V

Lets look more closely at the Pentax K-70 and Sony HX7V, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Pentax and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the K-70 (24MP) and HX7V (16MP) and the K-70 (APS-C) and HX7V (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor dimensions.

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The K-70 was brought out 4 years after the HX7V which is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Pentax K-70 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX7V being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a quick summary of how the K-70 matches up vs the HX7V for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K-70 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V. The entire galleries are available at Pentax K-70 Gallery & Sony HX7V Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera frequently, you are going to need to consider its weight and volume. The Pentax K-70 provides outer dimensions of 126mm x 93mm x 74mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 2.9") accompanied by a weight of 688 grams (1.52 lbs) whilst the Sony HX7V has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") along with a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs).

Look at the Pentax K-70 and Sony HX7V in our completely new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are using at the time. Underneath is a front view size comparison of the K-70 against the HX7V.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K-70 and HX7V is 62 and 92 respectively.

Quite often, its tough to visualise the contrast between sensor dimensions merely by reviewing specs. The image here will help offer you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the K-70 and HX7V.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras have different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The K-70 because of its larger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field easier and the Pentax K-70 will deliver more detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics a bit more aggressively. The fresher K-70 will have an advantage when it comes to sensor technology.