Sigma SD1 Merrill vs Sony S980

Its time to look much closer at the Sigma SD1 Merrill vs Sony S980, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Sigma and Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the resolutions of the SD1 Merrill (15MP) and S980 (12MP) and the SD1 Merrill (APS-C) and S980 (1/2.3") have different sensor size.

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The SD1 Merrill was announced 3 years later than the S980 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Sigma SD1 Merrill being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony S980 being a Compact camera.

Before going straight to a in depth comparison, here is a quick overview of how the SD1 Merrill grades versus the S980 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Sigma SD1 Merrill and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S980. The whole galleries are available at Sigma SD1 Merrill Gallery and Sony S980 Gallery.

For those who are looking to carry your camera often, you have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Sigma SD1 Merrill features exterior dimensions of 146mm x 113mm x 80mm (5.7" x 4.4" x 3.1") along with a weight of 790 grams (1.74 lbs) whilst the Sony S980 has dimensions of 93mm x 56mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Following is a front view sizing comparison of the SD1 Merrill against the S980.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SD1 Merrill and S980 is 57 and 94 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to imagine the gap in sensor sizing simply by checking out specs. The visual underneath should provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the SD1 Merrill and S980.

As you can plainly see, each of the cameras have different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The SD1 Merrill with its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sigma SD1 Merrill will show extra detail with its extra 3 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop pics a bit more aggressively. The more recent SD1 Merrill provides an advantage when it comes to sensor tech.