Ricoh WG-4 vs Sony A6600

Following is a thorough review of the Ricoh WG-4 vs Sony A6600, former is a Waterproof while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Ricoh and Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the WG-4 (16MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the WG-4 (1/2.3") and A6600 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor size.

Meta to Introduce 'AI-Generated' Labels for Media starting next month

The WG-4 was brought out 6 years before the A6600 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Ricoh WG-4 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting into a complete comparison, here is a simple summation of how the WG-4 scores versus the A6600 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Ricoh WG-4 & Sony Alpha a6600. The entire galleries are available at Ricoh WG-4 Gallery & Sony A6600 Gallery.

If you are intending to carry around your camera, you have to take into account its weight and volume. The Ricoh WG-4 offers exterior measurements of 124mm x 64mm x 33mm (4.9" x 2.5" x 1.3") along with a weight of 230 grams (0.51 lbs) whilst the Sony A6600 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") accompanied by a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

See the Ricoh WG-4 vs Sony A6600 in our brand new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have during that time. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the WG-4 against the A6600.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the WG-4 and A6600 is 90 and 77 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to see the difference in sensor sizes just by going through technical specs. The image below may give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizing in the WG-4 and A6600.

As you have seen, both of those cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The WG-4 because of its smaller sensor will make achieving shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony A6600 will show greater detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop pics a good deal more aggressively. The more aged WG-4 will be behind in sensor tech.