Sony A100 vs Sony HX90V

Its time to look more closely at the Sony A100 and Sony HX90V, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are produced by Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the resolutions of the A100 (10MP) and HX90V (18MP) and the A100 (APS-C) and HX90V (1/2.3") use totally different sensor measurements.

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The A100 was unveiled 9 years before the HX90V and that is quite a big difference 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 HX90V being a Compact camera.

Before going straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a quick summary of how the A100 grades versus the HX90V with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V. The full galleries are provided at Sony A100 Gallery & Sony HX90V Gallery.

If you're aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll need to think about its weight and size. The Sony A100 offers external dimensions of 133mm x 95mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 2.8") with a weight of 638 grams (1.41 lbs) whilst the Sony HX90V has specifications of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") with a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are employing at that moment. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the A100 vs the HX90V.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A100 and HX90V is 64 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it can be tough to envision the difference between sensor measurements purely by going over a spec sheet. The photograph below will offer you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A100 and HX90V.

As you can see, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A100 using its larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony HX90V will offer you more detail having an extra 8MP. Greater resolution will enable you to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The older A100 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.