Samsung HZ10W vs Sigma DP2

Lets look closer at the Samsung HZ10W and Sigma DP2, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact by competitors Samsung and Sigma. There exists a sizable gap among the sensor resolutions of the HZ10W (10MP) and DP2 (5MP) and the HZ10W (1/2.3") and DP2 (APS-C) posses different sensor sizes.

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The HZ10W was brought out 4 months earlier than the DP2 so they are both of a similar age. Each of the cameras have different body design with the Samsung HZ10W being a Compact camera and the Sigma DP2 being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before going straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a brief highlight of how the HZ10W matches up versus the DP2 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Samsung HZ10W & Sigma DP2. The entire galleries are viewable at Samsung HZ10W Gallery & Sigma DP2 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera, you have to think about its weight and proportions. The Samsung HZ10W offers outside dimensions of 105mm x 61mm x 37mm (4.1" x 2.4" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 249 grams (0.55 lbs) while the Sigma DP2 has measurements of 113mm x 60mm x 56mm (4.4" x 2.4" x 2.2") accompanied by a weight of 280 grams (0.62 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use during that time. Here is a front view measurement comparison of the HZ10W compared to the DP2.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the HZ10W and DP2 is 90 and 86 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to picture the difference in sensor measurements merely by going through technical specs. The graphic here will help give you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the HZ10W and DP2.

As you can tell, each of these cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The HZ10W because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting bokeh trickier and the Samsung HZ10W will produce greater detail having its extra 5MP. Higher resolution will enable you to crop shots a bit more aggressively.