Pentax WG-10 vs Sony A7R II

Let's take a more detailed look at the Pentax WG-10 and Sony A7R II, one being a Waterproof and the other is a Pro Mirrorless by competitors Pentax and Sony. There exists a huge gap between the image resolutions of the WG-10 (14MP) and A7R II (42MP) and the WG-10 (1/2.3") and A7R II (Full frame) feature totally different sensor size.

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The WG-10 was launched 23 months prior to the A7R II making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Pentax WG-10 being a Compact camera and the Sony A7R II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before going through a thorough comparison, below is a concise overview of how the WG-10 scores versus the A7R II in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Pentax WG-10 and Sony Alpha A7R II. The complete galleries are viewable at Pentax WG-10 Gallery and Sony A7R II Gallery.

In case you're looking to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor in its weight and proportions. The Pentax WG-10 has got outside dimensions of 116mm x 59mm x 29mm (4.6" x 2.3" x 1.1") along with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs) whilst the Sony A7R II has measurements of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") and a weight of 625 grams (1.38 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have at the time. Below is the front view scale comparison of the WG-10 against the A7R II.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the WG-10 and A7R II is 93 and 68 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to envision the difference between sensor measurements just by looking at technical specs. The graphic here may provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the WG-10 and A7R II.

As you can tell, both cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The WG-10 because of its tinier sensor will make getting shallow DOF tougher and the Sony A7R II will give greater detail utilizing its extra 28 Megapixels. Greater resolution will allow you to crop pics far more aggressively. The older WG-10 is going to be behind in sensor innovation.