Pentax K10D vs Sony H55

Below is a in depth review of the Pentax K10D and Sony H55, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers Pentax and Sony. There is a sizable difference between the image resolutions of the K10D (10MP) and H55 (14MP) and the K10D (APS-C) and H55 (1/2.3") boast totally different sensor dimensions.

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The K10D was released 4 years prior to the H55 and that is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras have different body design with the Pentax K10D being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony H55 being a Compact camera.

Before going into a step-by-step comparison, here is a quick overview of how the K10D matches up vs the H55 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Pentax K10D & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55. The complete galleries are viewable at Pentax K10D Gallery & Sony H55 Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera regularly, you will have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Pentax K10D has got physical dimensions 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 Sony H55 has measurements of 103mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") and a weight of 200 grams (0.44 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have at the time. The following is a front view physical size comparison of the K10D vs the H55.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the K10D and H55 is 59 and 92 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements just by reading through specifications. The photograph underneath will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the K10D and H55.

To sum up, both of these cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The K10D because of its larger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony H55 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will allow you to crop pics more aggressively. The older K10D is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.