Sony A7R II vs Sony A6600

Here is a in-depth overview of the Sony A7R II and Sony A6600, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless and both of them are built by Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the A7R II (42MP) and A6600 (24MP) and the A7R II (Full frame) and A6600 (APS-C) offer totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A7R II was brought out 5 years before the A6600 and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Sony A7R II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving straight to a step-by-step comparison, here is a short view of how the A7R II grades vs the A6600 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha A7R II & Sony Alpha a6600. The entire galleries are available at Sony A7R II Gallery & Sony A6600 Gallery.

In case you're going to carry your camera regularly, you have to factor its weight and measurements. The Sony A7R II comes with physical measurements of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") and a weight of 625 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony A6600 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") along with a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are working with at that time. Underneath is a front view dimensions comparison of the A7R II versus the A6600.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the A7R II and A6600 is 68 and 77 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to envision the gap between sensor sizing simply by looking at technical specs. The visual here should provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the A7R II and A6600.

As you have seen, both cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The A7R II because of its bigger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony A7R II will resolve extra detail having its extra 18MP. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older A7R II is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.