Pentax K-70 vs Sony W620

The following is a extended assessment of the Pentax K-70 and Sony W620, one is a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Pentax and Sony. There is a crucial difference among the sensor resolutions of the K-70 (24MP) and W620 (14MP) and the K-70 (APS-C) and W620 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor dimensions.

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The K-70 was introduced 4 years after the W620 which is a fairly serious gap as far as camera tech is concerned. The two cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K-70 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W620 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a more detailed comparison, below is a quick summation of how the K-70 grades against the W620 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K-70 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620. The whole galleries are viewable at Pentax K-70 Gallery and Sony W620 Gallery.

For anybody who is aiming to travel with your camera frequently, you are going to need to consider its weight and volume. The Pentax K-70 comes with 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) and the Sony W620 has sizing of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") and a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

Analyze the Pentax K-70 and Sony W620 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary dependant on the lens you have at that time. Following is the front view measurements comparison of the K-70 compared to the W620.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the K-70 and W620 is 62 and 96 respectively.

Often, it's difficult to see the gap in sensor dimensions only by viewing specs. The pic here should offer you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the K-70 and W620.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The K-70 using its larger sensor will make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Pentax K-70 will render extra detail using its extra 10MP. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images much more aggressively. The more recent K-70 will have a benefit with regard to sensor technology.