Pentax K110D vs Sony H300

Let's look a little more in depth at the Pentax K110D and Sony H300, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Pentax and Sony. There is a sizable difference among the sensor resolutions of the K110D (6MP) and H300 (20MP) and the K110D (APS-C) and H300 (1/2.3") posses different sensor dimensions.

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The K110D was brought out 8 years prior to the H300 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Pentax K110D being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony H300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting right into a complete comparison, here is a brief summary of how the K110D matches up against the H300 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax K110D & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300. The entire galleries are available at Pentax K110D Gallery & Sony H300 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera regularly, you'll have to consider its weight and size. The Pentax K110D offers outer dimensions of 129mm x 93mm x 70mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.8") having a weight of 585 grams (1.29 lbs) while the Sony H300 has specifications of 130mm x 95mm x 122mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 4.8") accompanied by a weight of 590 grams (1.30 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Here is a front view dimensions comparison of the K110D against the H300.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability grade of the K110D and H300 is 67 and 63 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is very tough to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements only by viewing specifications. The visual here might give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the K110D and H300.

Plainly, both cameras come with different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The K110D because of its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony H300 will result in extra detail having its extra 14MP. Greater resolution will enable you to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The older K110D will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.