Samsung SL720 vs Sony W710

Let's examine more closely at the Samsung SL720 and Sony W710, former being a Ultracompact while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by manufacturers Samsung and Sony. There exists a large gap between the sensor resolutions of the SL720 (12MP) and W710 (16MP) but they feature the exact same sensor measurements (1/2.3").

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The SL720 was brought out 4 years before the W710 and that is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Samsung SL720 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony W710 being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a thorough comparison, below is a simple overview of how the SL720 scores against the W710 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Samsung SL720 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The entire galleries are viewable at Samsung SL720 Gallery & Sony W710 Gallery.

If you are intending to carry your camera regularly, you are going to need to take into account its weight and volume. The Samsung SL720 comes with external dimensions of 92mm x 61mm x 23mm (3.6" x 2.4" x 0.9") along with a weight of 168 grams (0.37 lbs) whilst the Sony W710 has sizing of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have at that time. Here is the front view dimension comparison of the SL720 compared to the W710.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SL720 and W710 is 94 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to visualise the contrast between sensor sizing only by checking technical specs. The photograph underneath will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the SL720 and W710.

As you have seen, the 2 cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements albeit not the same megapixels. You can expect the Sony W710 to give extra detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop shots somewhat more aggressively. The older SL720 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.