Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro vs Sony W710

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro vs Sony W710, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Ricoh and Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the resolutions of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro (12MP) and W710 (16MP) and the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro (APS-C) and W710 (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizes.

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The GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro was unveiled 4 years prior to the W710 which is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Each 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 W710 being a Compact camera.

Before diving right into a thorough comparison, here is a concise introduction of how the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro matches up versus the W710 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The full galleries are viewable at Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro Gallery & Sony W710 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to travel with your camera often, you have to consider its weight and measurements. The Ricoh GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro comes with outer measurements of 114mm x 70mm x 77mm (4.5" x 2.8" x 3.0") accompanied by a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs) and the Sony W710 has proportions of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have at that time. Underneath is a front view dimensions comparison of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro compared to the W710.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro and W710 is 77 and 96 respectively.

Normally, its hard to visualize the gap between sensor dimensions simply by looking at specs. The image underneath will help provide you a more clear sense of the sensor sizing in the GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro and W710.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro with its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony W710 will give you extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop pictures a good deal more aggressively. The more aged GXR A12 50mm F2.5 Macro is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.