Samsung WB210 vs Sony HX1

Lets look much closer at the Samsung WB210 versus Sony HX1, both Small Sensor Superzoom digital cameras by competitors Samsung and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the WB210 (14MP) and HX1 (9MP) and the WB210 (1/2.3") and HX1 (1/2.4") provide different sensor measurements.

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The WB210 was brought out 2 years later than the HX1 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Samsung WB210 being a Compact camera and the Sony HX1 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving right into a thorough comparison, here is a simple overview of how the WB210 matches up versus the HX1 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Samsung WB210 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1. The entire galleries are available at Samsung WB210 Gallery & Sony HX1 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you'll have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Samsung WB210 comes with external measurements of 101mm x 59mm x 22mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 0.9") having a weight of 174 grams (0.38 lbs) whilst the Sony HX1 has proportions of 115mm x 83mm x 92mm (4.5" x 3.3" x 3.6") with a weight of 544 grams (1.20 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is a front view physical size comparison of the WB210 and the HX1.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the WB210 and HX1 is 94 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to picture the contrast between sensor measurements merely by reading specs. The visual below might offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the WB210 and HX1.

As you can plainly see, both of these cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The WB210 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Samsung WB210 will deliver extra detail having its extra 5 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics way more aggressively. The fresher WB210 provides a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.