Sony A7 vs Sony HX80

Below is a extended assessment of the Sony A7 and Sony HX80, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are manufactured by Sony. There is a sizable difference between the sensor resolutions of the A7 (24MP) and HX80 (18MP) and the A7 (Full frame) and HX80 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor size.

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The A7 was manufactured 3 years prior to the HX80 and that is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Sony A7 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony HX80 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a full comparison, here is a concise summary of how the A7 grades against the HX80 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha A7 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A7 Gallery & Sony HX80 Gallery.

If you're planning to lug around your camera often, you need to factor its weight and size. The Sony A7 enjoys physical measurements of 127mm x 94mm x 48mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 1.9") having a weight of 474 grams (1.04 lbs) whilst the Sony HX80 has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") accompanied by a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Underneath is a front view measurements comparison of the A7 vs the HX80.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the A7 and HX80 is 78 and 91 respectively.

Usually, its difficult to envision the gap between sensor measurements only by looking at specs. The graphic underneath will give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A7 and HX80.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A7 featuring a bigger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony A7 will give extra detail due to its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will enable you to crop shots a bit more aggressively. The older A7 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.