Sony A7R vs Sony WX300

Let's take a closer look at the Sony A7R and Sony WX300, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are built by Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the resolutions of the A7R (36MP) and WX300 (18MP) and the A7R (Full frame) and WX300 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor sizes.

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The A7R was brought out 12 months later than the WX300 and they are both of a similar age. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony A7R being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before we go in to a detailed comparison, below is a short highlight of how the A7R grades against the WX300 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha A7R & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The entire galleries are available at Sony A7R Gallery & Sony WX300 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera, you will want to think about its weight and measurements. The Sony A7R offers outer measurements of 127mm x 94mm x 48mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 1.9") with a weight of 465 grams (1.03 lbs) whilst the Sony WX300 has proportions of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") along with a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are employing at that moment. Below is the front view measurements comparison of the A7R compared to the WX300.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A7R and WX300 is 78 and 94 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the gap between sensor measurements simply by reading technical specs. The photograph here might provide you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the A7R and WX300.

As you have seen, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A7R because of its bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony A7R will deliver extra detail having its extra 18 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The fresher A7R will have a benefit with regard to sensor tech.