Sony A290 vs Sony W710

Below, we are evaluating the Sony A290 versus Sony W710, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both manufactured by Sony. The image resolution of the A290 (14MP) and the W710 (16MP) is very similar but the A290 (APS-C) and W710 (1/2.3") possess different sensor dimensions.

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The A290 was launched 3 years before the W710 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony A290 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W710 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a short overview of how the A290 grades versus the W710 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A290 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The complete galleries are available at Sony A290 Gallery and Sony W710 Gallery.

When you are going to lug around your camera regularly, you are going to need to factor its weight and size. The Sony A290 features outside dimensions of 128mm x 97mm x 86mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 3.4") with a weight of 549 grams (1.21 lbs) whilst the Sony W710 has specifications of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

Look at the Sony A290 versus Sony W710 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you have attached at that moment. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the A290 against the W710.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A290 and W710 is 66 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, it's hard to visualize the difference between sensor measurements purely by reading specifications. The graphic below will help give you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the A290 and W710.

Plainly, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A290 due to its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony W710 will offer you more detail utilizing its extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older A290 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.