Sony A200 vs Sony W510

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Sony A200 vs Sony W510, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact and both are offered by Sony. The image resolution of the A200 (10MP) and the W510 (12MP) is fairly well matched but the A200 (APS-C) and W510 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor measurements.

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The A200 was released 3 years earlier than the W510 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Sony A200 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W510 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting right into a complete comparison, here is a brief introduction of how the A200 matches up versus the W510 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W510. The complete galleries are available at Sony A200 Gallery & Sony W510 Gallery.

If you are planning to lug around your camera frequently, you're going to have to take into account its weight and size. The Sony A200 has got outer dimensions of 131mm x 99mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 2.8") and a weight of 572 grams (1.26 lbs) and the Sony W510 has specifications of 96mm x 54mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.1" x 0.8") with a weight of 119 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are working with at that moment. Here is a front view measurement comparison of the A200 and the W510.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A200 and W510 is 66 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, it is hard to visualise the gap between sensor measurements just by reading through technical specs. The photograph below may give you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the A200 and W510.

As you can tell, both of the cameras feature different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The A200 due to its larger sensor will make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony W510 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics way more aggressively. The older A200 is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.