Samsung ST6500 vs Sony A6100

Let's look a bit more closely at the Samsung ST6500 and Sony A6100, former is a Ultracompact while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by companies Samsung and Sony. There exists a large gap between the image resolutions of the ST6500 (16MP) and A6100 (24MP) and the ST6500 (1/2.3") and A6100 (APS-C) posses different sensor sizes.

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The ST6500 was brought out 9 years before the A6100 which is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Samsung ST6500 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A6100 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving right into a full comparison, here is a brief summation of how the ST6500 matches up versus the A6100 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Samsung ST6500 & Sony Alpha a6100. The entire galleries are provided at Samsung ST6500 Gallery & Sony A6100 Gallery.

For anyone who is aiming to travel with your camera, you will want to think about its weight and measurements. The Samsung ST6500 comes with external dimensions of 102mm x 57mm x 19mm (4.0" x 2.2" x 0.7") along with a weight of n/a grams (0.00 lbs) and the Sony A6100 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 59mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.3") accompanied by a weight of 396 grams (0.87 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have attached at that moment. Underneath is a front view measurements comparison of the ST6500 against the A6100.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the ST6500 and A6100 is 99 and 81 respectively.

More often than not, its difficult to picture the gap between sensor dimensions simply by checking technical specs. The pic here will help give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the ST6500 and A6100.

As you have seen, both of those cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The ST6500 due to its tinier sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field trickier and the Sony A6100 will give you extra detail having its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will also help you crop photographs more aggressively. The more aged ST6500 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.