Sigma Quattro vs Sony WX300

Lets look a bit more closely at the Sigma Quattro vs Sony WX300, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom by rivals Sigma and Sony. There is a considerable difference between the image resolutions of the Quattro (29MP) and WX300 (18MP) and the Quattro (APS-C) and WX300 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor sizing.

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The Quattro was manufactured 3 years after the WX300 which is quite a large difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Sigma Quattro being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before going right into a detailed comparison, here is a quick summary of how the Quattro matches up versus the WX300 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Sigma sd Quattro & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The entire galleries are provided at Sigma Quattro Gallery & Sony WX300 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to carry around your camera often, you'll have to think about its weight and volume. The Sigma Quattro provides outer dimensions of 147mm x 95mm x 91mm (5.8" x 3.7" x 3.6") with a weight of 625 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony WX300 has sizing of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") and a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you choose at the time. Following is a front view physical size comparison of the Quattro compared to the WX300.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the Quattro and WX300 is 63 and 94 respectively.

Often, its tough to visualise the gap between sensor sizes only by reading through technical specs. The pic underneath should give you a more clear sense of the sensor sizes in the Quattro and WX300.

As you can tell, both the cameras come with different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The Quattro due to its bigger sensor will make getting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sigma Quattro will give you greater detail due to its extra 11 Megapixels. Higher resolution will help you crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The fresher Quattro will have an advantage with regard to sensor tech.