Pentax VS20 vs Sony A6300

Below is a detailed overview of the Pentax VS20 versus Sony A6300, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by rivals Pentax and Sony. There exists a large gap among the sensor resolutions of the VS20 (16MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the VS20 (1/2.3") and A6300 (APS-C) enjoy different sensor sizing.

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The VS20 was released 5 years earlier than the A6300 and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Pentax VS20 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the VS20 scores versus the A6300 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax Optio VS20 & Sony Alpha a6300. The complete galleries are provided at Pentax VS20 Gallery & Sony A6300 Gallery.

When you are going to lug around your camera often, you have to consider its weight and measurements. The Pentax VS20 comes with outside measurements of 111mm x 61mm x 38mm (4.4" x 2.4" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 235 grams (0.52 lbs) and the Sony A6300 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") accompanied by a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you select at the time. Underneath is the front view dimensions comparison of the VS20 compared to the A6300.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the VS20 and A6300 is 90 and 83 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements purely by seeing specs. The visual underneath might provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the VS20 and A6300.

All in all, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The VS20 because of its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF more difficult and the Sony A6300 will show greater detail as a result of its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older VS20 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.