Sony A7S III vs Sony W320

Lets look more closely at the Sony A7S III and Sony W320, former is a Pro Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact and both are sold by Sony. The image resolution of the A7S III (12MP) and the W320 (14MP) is very well matched but the A7S III (Full frame) and W320 (1/2.3") have totally different sensor measurements.

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The A7S III was manufactured 10 years after the W320 which is quite a serious difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Sony A7S III being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W320 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting right into a detailed comparison, here is a brief summation of how the A7S III matches up against the W320 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha A7S III & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W320. The entire galleries are provided at Sony A7S III Gallery & Sony W320 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to carry around your camera, you're going to have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Sony A7S III has got outside dimensions of 129mm x 97mm x 81mm (5.1" x 3.8" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 699 grams (1.54 lbs) while the Sony W320 has measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 17mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") with a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are using at that time. The following is a front view dimensions comparison of the A7S III against the W320.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A7S III and W320 is 61 and 97 respectively.

More often than not, its difficult to envision the difference between sensor sizes only by reading through a spec sheet. The image below will give you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A7S III and W320.

As you can see, both cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The A7S III featuring a larger sensor will make shooting shallower depth of field easier and the Sony W320 will resolve greater detail due to its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics way more aggressively. The younger A7S III will have an edge when it comes to sensor innovation.