Sony A100 vs Sony W570

Below is a detailed review of the Sony A100 vs Sony W570, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact and both are sold by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the image resolutions of the A100 (10MP) and W570 (16MP) and the A100 (APS-C) and W570 (1/2.3") provide different sensor size.

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The A100 was brought out 5 years prior to the W570 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. The two cameras have different body design with the Sony A100 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W570 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving straight to a more detailed comparison, here is a simple overview of how the A100 grades vs the W570 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W570. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A100 Gallery & Sony W570 Gallery.

For those who are aiming to lug around your camera often, you'll have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Sony A100 has got external measurements of 133mm x 95mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 2.8") having a weight of 638 grams (1.41 lbs) and the Sony W570 has dimensions of 91mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") along with a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have during that time. Underneath is a front view measurement comparison of the A100 versus the W570.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A100 and W570 is 64 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's hard to imagine the difference between sensor measurements only by reading specs. The photograph here might provide you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the A100 and W570.

All in all, both of the cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The A100 due to its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony W570 will offer extra detail having its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will enable you to crop photographs more aggressively. The older A100 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor tech.