Pentax K10D vs Pentax S1

Below is a extended comparison of the Pentax K10D vs Pentax S1, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are built by Pentax. There exists a sizeable gap between the image resolutions of the K10D (10MP) and S1 (14MP) and the K10D (APS-C) and S1 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor size.

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The K10D was released 5 years before the S1 and that is quite a large gap as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K10D being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Pentax S1 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a thorough comparison, below is a simple synopsis of how the K10D grades versus the S1 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K10D and Pentax Optio S1. The complete galleries are provided at Pentax K10D Gallery and Pentax S1 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to consider its weight and measurements. The Pentax K10D offers physical measurements of 142mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.6" x 4.0" x 2.8") with a weight of 793 grams (1.75 lbs) whilst the Pentax S1 has proportions of 114mm x 58mm x 28mm (4.5" x 2.3" x 1.1") and a weight of 157 grams (0.35 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you select at that moment. Underneath is the front view sizing comparison of the K10D compared to the S1.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the K10D and S1 is 59 and 93 respectively.

Typically, it's tough to envision the difference between sensor measurements purely by reviewing specs. The visual here will help offer you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the K10D and S1.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The K10D because of its larger sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Pentax S1 will offer you greater detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older K10D is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.