Ricoh CX6 vs Sony A6400

Here is a complete overview of the Ricoh CX6 and Sony A6400, former being a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Ricoh and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap among the image resolutions of the CX6 (10MP) and A6400 (24MP) and the CX6 (1/2.3") and A6400 (APS-C) possess different sensor sizing.

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The CX6 was brought out 8 years earlier than the A6400 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Ricoh CX6 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6400 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving through a more detailed comparison, below is a quick overview of how the CX6 grades against the A6400 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Ricoh CX6 & Sony Alpha a6400. The entire galleries are viewable at Ricoh CX6 Gallery & Sony A6400 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to carry your camera regularly, you are going to need to factor its weight and volume. The Ricoh CX6 has got external dimensions of 104mm x 59mm x 29mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") and a weight of 201 grams (0.44 lbs) whilst the Sony A6400 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.0") accompanied by a weight of 403 grams (0.89 lbs).

Take a look at the Ricoh CX6 and Sony A6400 in our brand new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are working with at the time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the CX6 vs the A6400.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the CX6 and A6400 is 92 and 83 respectively.

More often than not, it can be tough to picture the gap in sensor sizing only by checking out technical specs. The graphic underneath will help give you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the CX6 and A6400.

As you can tell, each of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The CX6 due to its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony A6400 will produce more detail having its extra 14 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older CX6 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.