Pentax RZ10 vs Sony A6600

Let's look much closer at the Pentax RZ10 vs Sony A6600, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by manufacturers Pentax and Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the RZ10 (14MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the RZ10 (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) offer totally different sensor size.

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The RZ10 was announced 9 years before the A6600 which is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Pentax RZ10 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving straight to a detailed comparison, here is a quick overview of how the RZ10 matches up versus the A6600 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax Optio RZ10 & Sony Alpha a6600. The whole galleries are provided at Pentax RZ10 Gallery & Sony A6600 Gallery.

If you're going to travel with your camera regularly, you'll need to factor its weight and size. The Pentax RZ10 offers outside measurements of 97mm x 61mm x 33mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 178 grams (0.39 lbs) while the Sony A6600 has specifications of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") along with a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Below is a front view sizing comparison of the RZ10 against the A6600.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the RZ10 and A6600 is 92 and 77 respectively.

In many cases, its difficult to envision the gap in sensor dimensions only by looking through specs. The picture underneath will help give you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the RZ10 and A6600.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The RZ10 using its smaller sensor will make getting shallower DOF tougher and the Sony A6600 will render greater detail with its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop images a good deal more aggressively. The more aged RZ10 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.