Pentax K100D vs Sony H70

Lets take a more detailed look at the Pentax K100D vs Sony H70, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers Pentax and Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the K100D (6MP) and H70 (16MP) and the K100D (APS-C) and H70 (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizes.

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The K100D was introduced 5 years earlier than the H70 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Pentax K100D being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony H70 being a Compact camera.

Before getting right into a complete comparison, here is a quick overview of how the K100D scores versus the H70 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Pentax K100D & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70. The whole galleries are available at Pentax K100D Gallery & Sony H70 Gallery.

When you are intending to carry your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Pentax K100D offers exterior measurements of 129mm x 93mm x 70mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.8") along with a weight of 660 grams (1.46 lbs) while the Sony H70 has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") along with a weight of 194 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have attached at that moment. The following is a front view proportions comparison of the K100D and the H70.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K100D and H70 is 64 and 93 respectively.

Typically, it's tough to picture the gap between sensor sizing only by reading specifications. The photograph underneath will help give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the K100D and H70.

To sum up, both of those cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The K100D with its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony H70 will offer you extra detail using its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs more aggressively. The older K100D is going to be behind in sensor innovation.