Sony A100 vs Sony H200

Here is a extensive assessment of the Sony A100 vs Sony H200, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and they are both manufactured by Sony. There exists a big gap between the resolutions of the A100 (10MP) and H200 (20MP) and the A100 (APS-C) and H200 (1/2.3") possess different sensor measurements.

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The A100 was manufactured 7 years before the H200 and that is quite a big gap as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Sony A100 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony H200 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before going through a complete comparison, below is a short summation of how the A100 scores vs the H200 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H200. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A100 Gallery and Sony H200 Gallery.

When you are planning to carry your camera regularly, you'll have to factor its weight and size. The Sony A100 comes with external dimensions of 133mm x 95mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 2.8") along with a weight of 638 grams (1.41 lbs) while the Sony H200 has specifications of 123mm x 83mm x 87mm (4.8" x 3.3" x 3.4") with a weight of 530 grams (1.17 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ depending on the lens you are using at that time. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the A100 against the H200.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A100 and H200 is 64 and 67 respectively.

More often than not, its hard to imagine the contrast between sensor sizing merely by going over specs. The graphic here will give you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the A100 and H200.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The A100 due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony H200 will offer extra detail due to its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older A100 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor technology.