Samsung NX30 vs Samsung WB700

Lets look a little more in depth at the Samsung NX30 and Samsung WB700, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both designed by Samsung. There exists a noticeable gap among the image resolutions of the NX30 (20MP) and WB700 (14MP) and the NX30 (APS-C) and WB700 (1/2.3") posses different sensor dimensions.

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The NX30 was launched 3 years later than the WB700 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Samsung NX30 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Samsung WB700 being a Compact camera.

Before delving into a comprehensive comparison, here is a short summary of how the NX30 matches up against the WB700 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Samsung NX30 & Samsung WB700. The complete galleries are available at Samsung NX30 Gallery & Samsung WB700 Gallery.

If you're aiming to lug around your camera regularly, you should take into account its weight and volume. The Samsung NX30 provides physical measurements of 127mm x 96mm x 58mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.3") accompanied by a weight of 375 grams (0.83 lbs) while the Samsung WB700 has sizing of 100mm x 59mm x 22mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of n/a grams (0.00 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have at the time. Following is a front view dimension comparison of the NX30 against the WB700.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the NX30 and WB700 is 75 and 98 respectively.

Typically, it is hard to visualize the contrast in sensor measurements simply by viewing specs. The graphic underneath will help offer you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the NX30 and WB700.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The NX30 because of its larger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh less difficult and the Samsung NX30 will provide you with more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images a bit more aggressively. The more recent NX30 provides an advantage when it comes to sensor technology.