Sigma SD15 vs Sony S950

Let's look more closely at the Sigma SD15 and Sony S950, one is a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Sigma and Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the resolutions of the SD15 (5MP) and S950 (10MP) and the SD15 (APS-C) and S950 (1/2.3") use different sensor dimensions.

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The SD15 was launched 13 months after the S950 making the cameras a generation away from one another. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Sigma SD15 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony S950 being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the SD15 matches up versus the S950 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sigma SD15 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S950. The complete galleries are available at Sigma SD15 Gallery and Sony S950 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to carry around your camera often, you will need to factor its weight and measurements. The Sigma SD15 features outer dimensions of 144mm x 107mm x 81mm (5.7" x 4.2" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 750 grams (1.65 lbs) and the Sony S950 has proportions of 93mm x 56mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") along with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

Check the Sigma SD15 and Sony S950 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the SD15 vs the S950.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the SD15 and S950 is 59 and 94 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to imagine the difference in sensor sizes simply by researching technical specs. The pic below will help provide you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the SD15 and S950.

As you can tell, both of these cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The SD15 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony S950 will result in greater detail utilizing its extra 5 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos far more aggressively. The newer SD15 should have a benefit in sensor tech.