Samsung SL820 vs Samsung WB1100F

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Samsung SL820 and Samsung WB1100F, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both of them are manufactured by Samsung. There is a substantial difference between the resolutions of the SL820 (12MP) and WB1100F (16MP) but they use the exact same sensor measurements (1/2.3").

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The SL820 was unveiled 5 years earlier than the WB1100F and that is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Samsung SL820 being a Compact camera and the Samsung WB1100F being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick summation of how the SL820 matches up versus the WB1100F in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Samsung SL820 & Samsung WB1100F. The full galleries are available at Samsung SL820 Gallery & Samsung WB1100F Gallery.

If you are going to carry your camera, you are going to need to consider its weight and volume. The Samsung SL820 comes with external measurements of 95mm x 59mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.3" x 0.9") and a weight of 168 grams (0.37 lbs) and the Samsung WB1100F has sizing of 125mm x 87mm x 96mm (4.9" x 3.4" x 3.8") accompanied by a weight of 512 grams (1.13 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at the time. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the SL820 and the WB1100F.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the SL820 and WB1100F is 94 and 67 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is hard to see the contrast between sensor sizing purely by looking at specs. The visual here will offer you a more clear sense of the sensor sizing in the SL820 and WB1100F.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have got the exact same sensor measurements but not the same MP. You can anticipate the Samsung WB1100F to give extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images much more aggressively. The older SL820 is going to be behind in sensor tech.