Sony A7S II vs Sony W690

Its time to look much closer at the Sony A7S II and Sony W690, former is a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both are produced by Sony. There is a sizable difference among the image resolutions of the A7S II (12MP) and W690 (16MP) and the A7S II (Full frame) and W690 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The A7S II was brought out 3 years after the W690 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony A7S II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W690 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a comprehensive comparison, below is a short overview of how the A7S II matches up vs the W690 for portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha A7S II & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W690. The entire galleries are available at Sony A7S II Gallery & Sony W690 Gallery.

When you are planning to carry around your camera regularly, you have to take into account its weight and volume. The Sony A7S II has got external dimensions of 127mm x 96mm x 60mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.4") and a weight of 627 grams (1.38 lbs) and the Sony W690 has sizing of 94mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 142 grams (0.31 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you select at the time. Underneath is the front view sizing comparison of the A7S II compared to the W690.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the A7S II and W690 is 68 and 95 respectively.

Often, its difficult to visualize the contrast in sensor sizes just by checking out specs. The pic underneath will offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the A7S II and W690.

All in all, both of those cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The A7S II due to its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W690 will show greater detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The more modern A7S II provides an advantage in sensor innovation.