Sony A7R II vs Sony RX100 II

Below is a thorough review of the Sony A7R II versus Sony RX100 II, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact and both are designed by Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the image resolutions of the A7R II (42MP) and RX100 II (20MP) and the A7R II (Full frame) and RX100 II (1") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A7R II was unveiled 24 months later than the RX100 II which makes the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A7R II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony RX100 II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before diving through a in depth comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the A7R II grades against the RX100 II with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha A7R II & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II. The full galleries are available at Sony A7R II Gallery & Sony RX100 II Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and measurements. The Sony A7R II enjoys outer dimensions of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") with a weight of 625 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony RX100 II has proportions of 102mm x 58mm x 38mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.5") with a weight of 281 grams (0.62 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are employing during that time. The following is the front view physical size comparison of the A7R II against the RX100 II.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A7R II and RX100 II is 68 and 89 respectively.

Normally, it can be hard to visualise the gap between sensor measurements only by going over a spec sheet. The photograph here will give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the A7R II and RX100 II.

As you can see, both of the cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A7R II with its bigger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony A7R II will offer you more detail having an extra 22 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The newer A7R II is going to have a benefit when it comes to sensor technology.