Sony A200 vs Sony W810

Lets look a bit more closely at the Sony A200 and Sony W810, one is a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Ultracompact and they are both designed by Sony. There is a significant difference between the sensor resolutions of the A200 (10MP) and W810 (20MP) and the A200 (APS-C) and W810 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The A200 was brought out 6 years earlier than the W810 which is quite a sizable gap as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Sony A200 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W810 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going in to a complete comparison, below is a simple highlight of how the A200 scores against the W810 for portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810. The entire galleries are available at Sony A200 Gallery and Sony W810 Gallery.

If you're intending to travel with your camera regularly, you have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Sony A200 comes with outside dimensions of 131mm x 99mm x 71mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 2.8") along with a weight of 572 grams (1.26 lbs) while the Sony W810 has dimensions of 97mm x 56mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary depending on the lens you are utilizing at that moment. The following is the front view sizing comparison of the A200 against the W810.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the A200 and W810 is 66 and 96 respectively.

In many cases, its tough to picture the contrast between sensor dimensions merely by looking at specs. The image here may provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the A200 and W810.

All in all, both of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The A200 due to its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony W810 will give you more detail having its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also allow you to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The more aged A200 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.