Sony A99 II vs Sony NEX-3

Let's look a little more closely at the Sony A99 II vs Sony NEX-3, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Entry-Level Mirrorless and they are both manufactured by Sony. There is a crucial difference between the sensor resolutions of the A99 II (42MP) and NEX-3 (14MP) and the A99 II (Full frame) and NEX-3 (APS-C) offer different sensor measurements.

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The A99 II was launched 6 years later than the NEX-3 and that is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. Both of the cameras have different body design with the Sony A99 II being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony NEX-3 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a short summary of how the A99 II scores against the NEX-3 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha A99 II and Sony Alpha NEX-3. The complete galleries are viewable at Sony A99 II Gallery and Sony NEX-3 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to carry your camera frequently, you're going to have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Sony A99 II provides external dimensions of 143mm x 104mm x 76mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.0") along with a weight of 849 grams (1.87 lbs) whilst the Sony NEX-3 has measurements of 117mm x 62mm x 33mm (4.6" x 2.4" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 297 grams (0.65 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you are employing at that moment. Following is a front view overall size comparison of the A99 II versus the NEX-3.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the A99 II and NEX-3 is 57 and 89 respectively.

Usually, it's difficult to picture the gap between sensor sizing only by reading a spec sheet. The visual here might provide you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the A99 II and NEX-3.

As you can see, both the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The A99 II due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Sony A99 II will offer you extra detail utilizing its extra 28 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop photos more aggressively. The newer A99 II should have an advantage when it comes to sensor tech.