Samsung NX5 vs Sony WX300

Lets look a little more in depth at the Samsung NX5 and Sony WX300, one is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Samsung and Sony. The image resolution of the NX5 (15MP) and the WX300 (18MP) is fairly comparable but the NX5 (APS-C) and WX300 (1/2.3") come with different sensor sizes.

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The NX5 was manufactured 3 years before the WX300 which is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Samsung NX5 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a in depth comparison, below is a quick summary of how the NX5 matches up vs the WX300 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Samsung NX5 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The entire galleries are available at Samsung NX5 Gallery and Sony WX300 Gallery.

When you are going to travel with your camera regularly, you're going to have to think about its weight and volume. The Samsung NX5 features external dimensions of 123mm x 87mm x 40mm (4.8" x 3.4" x 1.6") having a weight of 499 grams (1.10 lbs) and the Sony WX300 has sizing of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") having a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Underneath is the front view physical size comparison of the NX5 compared to the WX300.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the NX5 and WX300 is 80 and 94 respectively.

In many cases, its hard to visualize the contrast in sensor dimensions purely by going through a spec sheet. The pic below should offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the NX5 and WX300.

As you can see, each of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The NX5 because of its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX300 will show greater detail due to its extra 3MP. Greater resolution will let you crop pics much more aggressively. The more aged NX5 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.