Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 vs Sony W800

Let's look more in depth at the Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 vs Sony W800, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Ricoh and Sony. The resolution of the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 (16MP) and the W800 (20MP) is very close but the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 (APS-C) and W800 (1/2.3") posses different sensor size.

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The GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 was introduced 24 months before the W800 making them a generation apart from one another. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before going into a thorough comparison, here is a quick introduction of how the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 grades vs the W800 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The whole galleries are available at Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 Gallery & Sony W800 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to lug around your camera often, you'll need to think about its weight and size. The Ricoh GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 offers physical dimensions of 114mm x 75mm x 93mm (4.5" x 3.0" x 3.7") with a weight of 550 grams (1.21 lbs) and the Sony W800 has specifications of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") and a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Here is a front view physical size comparison of the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 compared to the W800.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 and W800 is 69 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to picture the difference in sensor measurements purely by researching a spec sheet. The graphic here will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 and W800.

Clearly, both the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 with its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field less difficult and the Sony W800 will result in greater detail using its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop photos a bit more aggressively. The older GXR A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5 will be behind in sensor tech.