Samsung WB850F vs Sony NEX-7

Its time to take a deeper look at the Samsung WB850F vs Sony NEX-7, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by rivals Samsung and Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the WB850F (16MP) and NEX-7 (24MP) and the WB850F (1/2.3") and NEX-7 (APS-C) use totally different sensor size.

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The WB850F was unveiled within a month of the NEX-7 and they are of a similar age. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Samsung WB850F being a Compact camera and the Sony NEX-7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting through a thorough comparison, below is a concise overview of how the WB850F matches up vs the NEX-7 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Samsung WB850F & Sony Alpha NEX-7. The full galleries are available at Samsung WB850F Gallery & Sony NEX-7 Gallery.

If you're going to carry around your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor its weight and volume. The Samsung WB850F offers outer dimensions of 109mm x 62mm x 25mm (4.3" x 2.4" x 1.0") having a weight of 250 grams (0.55 lbs) whilst the Sony NEX-7 has sizing of 120mm x 67mm x 43mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.7") with a weight of 400 grams (0.88 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you select during that time. Here is the front view scale comparison of the WB850F against the NEX-7.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the WB850F and NEX-7 is 91 and 84 respectively.

Sometimes, its tough to see the gap between sensor sizes merely by reviewing technical specs. The pic underneath might give you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the WB850F and NEX-7.

As you can tell, both cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The WB850F using its tinier sensor will make getting shallower depth of field tougher and the Sony NEX-7 will offer extra detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively.