Pentax P80 vs Sony A99 II

Let's look a little more in depth at the Pentax P80 versus Sony A99 II, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Advanced DSLR by competitors Pentax and Sony. There exists a big gap among the sensor resolutions of the P80 (12MP) and A99 II (42MP) and the P80 (1/2.3") and A99 II (Full frame) come with different sensor measurements.

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The P80 was released 8 years earlier than the A99 II and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Pentax P80 being a Compact camera and the Sony A99 II being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving through a full comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the P80 scores vs the A99 II with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Pentax Optio P80 and Sony Alpha A99 II. The complete galleries are provided at Pentax P80 Gallery and Sony A99 II Gallery.

If you're planning to lug around your camera frequently, you will have to consider its weight and dimensions. The Pentax P80 has got outside measurements of 102mm x 59mm x 25mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.0") along with a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs) while the Sony A99 II has dimensions of 143mm x 104mm x 76mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.0") with a weight of 849 grams (1.87 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you have chosen during that time. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the P80 against the A99 II.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the P80 and A99 II is 95 and 57 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to imagine the gap in sensor measurements only by looking through specifications. The graphic here might provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the P80 and A99 II.

Plainly, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The P80 because of its smaller sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony A99 II will render extra detail as a result of its extra 30 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older P80 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.