Ricoh GR Digital III vs Sony W730

Below is a extensive review of the Ricoh GR Digital III versus Sony W730, both Small Sensor Compact digital cameras by brands Ricoh and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the image resolutions of the GR Digital III (10MP) and W730 (16MP) and the GR Digital III (1/1.7") and W730 (1/2.3") feature different sensor dimensions.

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The GR Digital III was released 4 years prior to the W730 and that is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go through a step-by-step comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the GR Digital III scores vs the W730 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Ricoh GR Digital III & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W730. The complete galleries are provided at Ricoh GR Digital III Gallery & Sony W730 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera often, you will need to factor in its weight and proportions. The Ricoh GR Digital III offers physical dimensions of 109mm x 59mm x 26mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.0") accompanied by a weight of 208 grams (0.46 lbs) while the Sony W730 has measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") and a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have attached at the time. Following is the front view measurements comparison of the GR Digital III against the W730.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the GR Digital III and W730 is 92 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, its difficult to imagine the gap between sensor measurements purely by checking technical specs. The visual below might provide you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the GR Digital III and W730.

As you have seen, both of the cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The GR Digital III featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF easier and the Sony W730 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older GR Digital III is going to be behind in sensor innovation.