Pentax K100D S vs Sony WX50

Let's look much closer at the Pentax K100D S versus Sony WX50, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Pentax and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the resolutions of the K100D S (6MP) and WX50 (16MP) and the K100D S (APS-C) and WX50 (1/2.3") come with different sensor measurements.

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The K100D S was unveiled 5 years before the WX50 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Pentax K100D S being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX50 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a in depth comparison, below is a quick summation of how the K100D S scores against the WX50 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K100D Super & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX50. The full galleries are provided at Pentax K100D S Gallery & Sony WX50 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to think about its weight and measurements. The Pentax K100D S offers outside measurements of 129mm x 91mm x 71mm (5.1" x 3.6" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 646 grams (1.42 lbs) while the Sony WX50 has proportions of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") with a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

Look at the Pentax K100D S versus Sony WX50 in our completely new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have at that time. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the K100D S versus the WX50.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K100D S and WX50 is 65 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to imagine the difference in sensor measurements just by going through specs. The visual here will offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the K100D S and WX50.

As you can plainly see, both of the cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The K100D S with its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF easier and the Sony WX50 will show extra detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop photos far more aggressively. The older K100D S will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor tech.