Sony A7c vs Sony HX300

Lets look much closer at the Sony A7c vs Sony HX300, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both of them are produced by Sony. The sensor resolution of the A7c (24MP) and the HX300 (20MP) is very well matched but the A7c (Full frame) and HX300 (1/2.3") boast different sensor measurements.

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The A7c was unveiled 7 years after the HX300 which is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Sony A7c being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony HX300 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before delving right into a thorough comparison, here is a simple view of how the A7c scores versus the HX300 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha A7c & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300. The full galleries are available at Sony A7c Gallery & Sony HX300 Gallery.

When you are going to carry around your camera regularly, you'll need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Sony A7c provides external measurements of 124mm x 71mm x 60mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 2.4") accompanied by a weight of 509 grams (1.12 lbs) whilst the Sony HX300 has dimensions of 130mm x 103mm x 93mm (5.1" x 4.1" x 3.7") along with a weight of 623 grams (1.37 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. Underneath is a front view overall size comparison of the A7c versus the HX300.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A7c and HX300 is 78 and 63 respectively.

More often than not, it is hard to visualize the gap between sensor sizes only by checking a spec sheet. The picture underneath might provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A7c and HX300.

As you can see, both of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The A7c having a larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony A7c will resolve more detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop photos a good deal more aggressively. The newer A7c should have an advantage in sensor tech.