Ricoh GXR Mount A12 vs Sony RX10 III

Below, we will be comparing the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 vs Sony RX10 III, one being a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the latter is a Large Sensor Superzoom by manufacturers Ricoh and Sony. There exists a big gap among the image resolutions of the GXR Mount A12 (12MP) and RX10 III (20MP) and the GXR Mount A12 (APS-C) and RX10 III (1") use different sensor sizes.

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The GXR Mount A12 was brought out 5 years prior to the RX10 III and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX10 III being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving in to a complete comparison, below is a short summary of how the GXR Mount A12 grades versus the RX10 III in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Ricoh GXR Mount A12 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III. The entire galleries are available at Ricoh GXR Mount A12 Gallery and Sony RX10 III Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor in its weight and volume. The Ricoh GXR Mount A12 has exterior dimensions of 120mm x 70mm x 45mm (4.7" x 2.8" x 1.8") with a weight of 370 grams (0.82 lbs) while the Sony RX10 III has sizing of 133mm x 94mm x 127mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 5.0") and a weight of 1051 grams (2.32 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you have during that time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the GXR Mount A12 compared to the RX10 III.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the GXR Mount A12 and RX10 III is 84 and 53 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the difference in sensor measurements simply by checking out a spec sheet. The visual below will give you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the GXR Mount A12 and RX10 III.

Clearly, each of these cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The GXR Mount A12 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony RX10 III will produce extra detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The older GXR Mount A12 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.