Ricoh GR Digital III vs Sony W310

Lets look more closely at the Ricoh GR Digital III vs Sony W310, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Ultracompact by companies Ricoh and Sony. The image resolution of the GR Digital III (10MP) and the W310 (12MP) is pretty well matched but the GR Digital III (1/1.7") and W310 (1/2.3") provide different sensor measurements.

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The GR Digital III was unveiled 5 months earlier than the W310 so they are both of a similar age. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Ricoh GR Digital III being a Compact camera and the Sony W310 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go right into a detailed comparison, here is a concise view of how the GR Digital III matches up vs the W310 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Ricoh GR Digital III & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W310. The full galleries are provided at Ricoh GR Digital III Gallery & Sony W310 Gallery.

If you are intending to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to take into account its weight and size. The Ricoh GR Digital III comes with external dimensions of 109mm x 59mm x 26mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.0") along with a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs) while the Sony W310 has specifications of 95mm x 55mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") having a weight of 137 grams (0.30 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Below is a front view overall size comparison of the GR Digital III against the W310.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the GR Digital III and W310 is 92 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, its hard to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements just by checking technical specs. The graphic underneath will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the GR Digital III and W310.

As you have seen, each of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The GR Digital III using its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W310 will resolve more detail having an extra 2MP. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop shots a good deal more aggressively.