Sony A100 vs Sony W350

In this article, we will be reviewing the Sony A100 vs Sony W350, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact and both are built by Sony. There is a sizable difference among the sensor resolutions of the A100 (10MP) and W350 (14MP) and the A100 (APS-C) and W350 (1/2.3") use different sensor size.

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The A100 was unveiled 4 years before the W350 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Sony A100 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W350 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting in to a full comparison, below is a simple summation of how the A100 scores vs the W350 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W350. The full galleries are viewable at Sony A100 Gallery & Sony W350 Gallery.

For those who are intending to lug around your camera regularly, you are going to need to think about its weight and dimensions. The Sony A100 comes with outside 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) whilst the Sony W350 has dimensions of 91mm x 52mm x 17mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") accompanied by a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. Following is the front view dimension comparison of the A100 versus the W350.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the A100 and W350 is 64 and 97 respectively.

Generally, it's difficult to visualize the gap in sensor measurements only by seeing a spec sheet. The graphic here might offer you a better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A100 and W350.

Clearly, both cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A100 having a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony W350 will provide more detail having an extra 4MP. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The older A100 will be behind with regard to sensor technology.