Sigma SD15 vs Sony HX20V

Here is a detailed review of the Sigma SD15 and Sony HX20V, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by competitors Sigma and Sony. There exists a significant gap among the sensor resolutions of the SD15 (5MP) and HX20V (18MP) and the SD15 (APS-C) and HX20V (1/2.3") use different sensor sizing.

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The SD15 was brought out 3 years before the HX20V and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Sigma SD15 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony HX20V being a Compact camera.

Before getting through a full comparison, below is a short view of how the SD15 scores vs the HX20V for portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Sigma SD15 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V. The entire galleries are available at Sigma SD15 Gallery and Sony HX20V Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry your camera often, you'll have to take into account its weight and size. The Sigma SD15 comes with physical dimensions of 144mm x 107mm x 81mm (5.7" x 4.2" x 3.2") having a weight of 750 grams (1.65 lbs) whilst the Sony HX20V has specifications of 107mm x 62mm x 35mm (4.2" x 2.4" x 1.4") with a weight of 254 grams (0.56 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Here is the front view sizing comparison of the SD15 versus the HX20V.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability score of the SD15 and HX20V is 59 and 90 respectively.

Typically, it is very tough to picture the contrast in sensor sizing merely by checking out specifications. The graphic here will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the SD15 and HX20V.

Plainly, both the cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The SD15 because of its larger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field easier and the Sony HX20V will show more detail having its extra 13 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older SD15 will be behind in sensor tech.