Pentax K100D vs Pentax W60

Lets look a bit more in depth at the Pentax K100D vs Pentax W60, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are designed by Pentax. There exists a noticeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the K100D (6MP) and W60 (10MP) and the K100D (APS-C) and W60 (1/2.3") boast different sensor measurements.

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The K100D was launched 3 years earlier than the W60 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Pentax K100D being a Compact SLR camera and the Pentax W60 being a Compact camera.

Before going into a detailed comparison, here is a concise summation of how the K100D scores against the W60 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Pentax K100D & Pentax Optio W60. The complete galleries are available at Pentax K100D Gallery & Pentax W60 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera, you'll need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Pentax K100D offers outer measurements of 129mm x 93mm x 70mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.8") with a weight of 660 grams (1.46 lbs) whilst the Pentax W60 has dimensions of 98mm x 56mm x 25mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.0") along with a weight of 165 grams (0.36 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. The following is a front view proportions comparison of the K100D compared to the W60.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the K100D and W60 is 64 and 94 respectively.

More often than not, it's tough to picture the difference in sensor measurements just by checking out specs. The graphic here may offer you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the K100D and W60.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The K100D because of its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Pentax W60 will produce greater detail utilizing its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop pictures a good deal more aggressively. The older K100D will be behind in sensor tech.