Samsung GX-10 vs Sony W690

Lets look much closer at the Samsung GX-10 and Sony W690, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Samsung and Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the GX-10 (10MP) and W690 (16MP) and the GX-10 (APS-C) and W690 (1/2.3") offer different sensor size.

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The GX-10 was announced 6 years before the W690 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Samsung GX-10 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony W690 being a Compact camera.

Before delving right into a in-depth comparison, here is a short view of how the GX-10 matches up vs the W690 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Samsung GX-10 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W690. The whole galleries are provided at Samsung GX-10 Gallery & Sony W690 Gallery.

For those who are planning to carry your camera regularly, you will want to consider its weight and dimensions. The Samsung GX-10 provides external dimensions of 142mm x 101mm x 70mm (5.6" x 4.0" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 793 grams (1.75 lbs) and the Sony W690 has dimensions of 94mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have at the time. Underneath is a front view measurements comparison of the GX-10 vs the W690.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the GX-10 and W690 is 59 and 95 respectively.

Quite often, its tough to visualize the gap in sensor sizing simply by viewing technical specs. The visual below will help offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the GX-10 and W690.

As you have seen, each of these cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The GX-10 using its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W690 will result in extra detail with its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older GX-10 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.