Pentax K100D S vs Sony W800

Lets look a bit more closely at the Pentax K100D S and Sony W800, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Pentax and Sony. There is a substantial difference between the image resolutions of the K100D S (6MP) and W800 (20MP) and the K100D S (APS-C) and W800 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor sizing.

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The K100D S was brought out 7 years earlier than the W800 and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Pentax K100D S being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a detailed comparison, here is a quick summary of how the K100D S matches up against the W800 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Pentax K100D Super & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The entire galleries are viewable at Pentax K100D S Gallery & Sony W800 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera often, you have to factor its weight and volume. The Pentax K100D S comes with outside dimensions of 129mm x 91mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.8") and a weight of 646 grams (1.42 lbs) and the Sony W800 has sizing of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

Analyze the Pentax K100D S and Sony W800 in our newest Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are working with at the time. Underneath is a front view physical size comparison of the K100D S against the W800.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the K100D S and W800 is 65 and 96 respectively.

Usually, it can be hard to see the contrast between sensor measurements only by looking at specifications. The photograph underneath will help give you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the K100D S and W800.

Plainly, both of the cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The K100D S due to its bigger sensor will make getting shallower depth of field less difficult and the Sony W800 will give more detail having its extra 14 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older K100D S is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.