Sony A100 vs Sony QX100

Below is a complete review of the Sony A100 and Sony QX100, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Lens-style and they are both produced by Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the A100 (10MP) and QX100 (20MP) and the A100 (APS-C) and QX100 (1") provide different sensor size.

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The A100 was announced 8 years earlier than the QX100 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras feature different body design with the Sony A100 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony QX100 being a Lens-style camera.

Before going straight to a complete comparison, here is a brief highlight of how the A100 matches up against the QX100 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX100. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony A100 Gallery & Sony QX100 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera frequently, you'll have to factor in its weight and measurements. The Sony A100 provides outer dimensions of 133mm x 95mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 638 grams (1.41 lbs) while the Sony QX100 has proportions of 63mm x 63mm x 56mm (2.5" x 2.5" x 2.2") having a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you choose during that time. Underneath is a front view scale comparison of the A100 against the QX100.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A100 and QX100 is 64 and 92 respectively.

More often than not, it can be tough to picture the contrast in sensor measurements just by checking out technical specs. The visual here may provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the A100 and QX100.

As you can tell, both the cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The A100 having a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony QX100 will provide extra detail with its extra 10MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs a good deal more aggressively. The older A100 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.