Pentax K-70 vs Sony RX10 II

Lets look more closely at the Pentax K-70 versus Sony RX10 II, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Large Sensor Superzoom by competitors Pentax and Sony. The sensor resolution of the K-70 (24MP) and the RX10 II (20MP) is fairly close but the K-70 (APS-C) and RX10 II (1") posses different sensor dimensions.

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The K-70 was launched 13 months after the RX10 II making them a generation away from one another. Both cameras feature different body design with the Pentax K-70 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX10 II being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going into a detailed comparison, here is a concise synopsis of how the K-70 matches up versus the RX10 II with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K-70 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II. The complete galleries are viewable at Pentax K-70 Gallery & Sony RX10 II Gallery.

For those who are planning to travel with your camera frequently, you'll have to factor its weight and proportions. The Pentax K-70 comes with outside 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 RX10 II has measurements of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") with a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilising at the time. Here is a front view scale comparison of the K-70 compared to the RX10 II.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K-70 and RX10 II is 62 and 58 respectively.

Typically, its difficult to imagine the difference in sensor dimensions merely by looking through specs. The pic underneath should offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the K-70 and RX10 II.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The K-70 featuring a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field easier and the Pentax K-70 will provide you with extra detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop photos way more aggressively. The younger K-70 should have an advantage in sensor innovation.