Sony A200 vs Sony W330

Its time to look much closer at the Sony A200 and Sony W330, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact and they are both manufactured by Sony. There is a considerable difference among the resolutions of the A200 (10MP) and W330 (14MP) and the A200 (APS-C) and W330 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A200 was introduced 17 months earlier than the W330 making the cameras a generation apart from each other. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A200 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W330 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving through a thorough comparison, below is a brief synopsis of how the A200 matches up against the W330 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony A200 Gallery & Sony W330 Gallery.

If you're intending to lug around your camera, you're going to have to factor its weight and volume. The Sony A200 features physical measurements of 131mm x 99mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 572 grams (1.26 lbs) and the Sony W330 has sizing of 96mm x 57mm x 17mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") and a weight of 128 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have chosen during that time. Underneath is the front view measurement comparison of the A200 against the W330.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the A200 and W330 is 66 and 96 respectively.

Often, it is very difficult to visualise the gap in sensor measurements just by viewing specifications. The graphic below may provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A200 and W330.

To sum up, both the cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A200 with its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony W330 will render more detail using its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also allow you to crop photos much more aggressively. The older A200 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.