Ricoh GR Digital III vs Sony W710

In this write-up, we will be looking at the Ricoh GR Digital III and Sony W710, both Small Sensor Compact digital cameras by rivals Ricoh and Sony. There exists a large gap between the sensor resolutions of the GR Digital III (10MP) and W710 (16MP) and the GR Digital III (1/1.7") and W710 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The GR Digital III was revealed 4 years before the W710 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before getting straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a short overview of how the GR Digital III matches up vs the W710 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Ricoh GR Digital III & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The full galleries are viewable at Ricoh GR Digital III Gallery & Sony W710 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera frequently, you'll have to factor in its weight and proportions. The Ricoh GR Digital III comes with outer measurements of 109mm x 59mm x 26mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.0") along with a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs) and the Sony W710 has measurements of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are working with at that time. Here is the front view measurement comparison of the GR Digital III vs the W710.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the GR Digital III and W710 is 92 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements just by reviewing a spec sheet. The graphic below will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the GR Digital III and W710.

As you can see, the 2 cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The GR Digital III having a bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony W710 will offer more detail because of its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop shots far more aggressively. The older GR Digital III is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.