Ricoh GR Digital IV vs Sony A6500

Below is a detailed overview of the Ricoh GR Digital IV versus Sony A6500, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Ricoh and Sony. There is a crucial difference between the resolutions of the GR Digital IV (10MP) and A6500 (24MP) and the GR Digital IV (1/1.7") and A6500 (APS-C) offer different sensor measurements.

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The GR Digital IV was announced 6 years prior to the A6500 and that is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Ricoh GR Digital IV being a Compact camera and the Sony A6500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a simple summation of how the GR Digital IV matches up vs the A6500 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Ricoh GR Digital IV and Sony Alpha a6500. The whole galleries are available at Ricoh GR Digital IV Gallery and Sony A6500 Gallery.

When you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you'll have to consider its weight and proportions. The Ricoh GR Digital IV offers external measurements of 109mm x 59mm x 33mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 190 grams (0.42 lbs) whilst the Sony A6500 has measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 53mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.1") and a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you have attached at that moment. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the GR Digital IV and the A6500.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the GR Digital IV and A6500 is 92 and 81 respectively.

In many cases, it can be difficult to visualize the gap between sensor measurements merely by reading through specifications. The visual here might provide you a better sense of the sensor measurements in the GR Digital IV and A6500.

Plainly, both cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The GR Digital IV using its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF tougher and the Sony A6500 will resolve more detail with its extra 14MP. Greater resolution will also let you crop images a bit more aggressively. The older GR Digital IV is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.