Pentax K20D vs Sony H300

Let's examine more in depth at the Pentax K20D versus Sony H300, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Pentax and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the resolutions of the K20D (15MP) and H300 (20MP) and the K20D (APS-C) and H300 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor sizes.

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The K20D was introduced 6 years before the H300 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K20D being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony H300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before we go through a more detailed comparison, below is a concise summation of how the K20D matches up versus the H300 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Pentax K20D & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300. The whole galleries are viewable at Pentax K20D Gallery & Sony H300 Gallery.

If you are looking to lug around your camera, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Pentax K20D comes with outside dimensions of 142mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.6" x 4.0" x 2.8") and a weight of 800 grams (1.76 lbs) and the Sony H300 has dimensions 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 differ dependant on the lens you have chosen at that time. Here is the front view physical size comparison of the K20D and the H300.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the K20D and H300 is 59 and 63 respectively.

More often than not, it's difficult to see the difference in sensor measurements only by looking through technical specs. The photograph below might give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the K20D and H300.

As you can tell, each of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The K20D with its larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF less difficult and the Sony H300 will render greater detail using its extra 5 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older K20D will be behind in sensor technology.