Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro vs Sony H70

Its time to take a deeper look at the Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro vs Sony H70, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by brands Ricoh and Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the sensor resolutions of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro (12MP) and H70 (16MP) and the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro (APS-C) and H70 (1/2.3") offer different sensor sizes.

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The GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro was launched 14 months prior to the H70 making them a generation away from one another. Both of these cameras feature different body design with the Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony H70 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a thorough comparison, here is a quick summary of how the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro grades versus the H70 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70. The complete galleries are available at Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro Gallery & Sony H70 Gallery.

If you're going to travel with your camera frequently, you are going to need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro has external dimensions of 114mm x 70mm x 77mm (4.5" x 2.8" x 3.0") along with a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs) whilst the Sony H70 has dimensions of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 194 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are working with at that moment. Following is a front view measurement comparison of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro vs the H70.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro and H70 is 77 and 93 respectively.

Quite often, it is very hard to visualize the gap between sensor dimensions just by checking a spec sheet. The image underneath might provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro and H70.

As you can see, both of those cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro because of its larger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh less difficult and the Sony H70 will give you extra detail utilizing its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop photos a good deal more aggressively. The more aged GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.