Sony A300 vs Sony WX80

Its time to look more closely at the Sony A300 and Sony WX80, one is a Entry-Level DSLR and the other is a Small Sensor Compact and both are designed by Sony. There is a crucial difference between the image resolutions of the A300 (10MP) and WX80 (16MP) and the A300 (APS-C) and WX80 (1/2.3") offer different sensor dimensions.

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The A300 was released 6 years before the WX80 which is quite a serious gap as far as tech is concerned. The two cameras have different body design with the Sony A300 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX80 being a Compact camera.

Before getting straight to a comprehensive comparison, here is a short highlight of how the A300 grades vs the WX80 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A300 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80. The complete galleries are provided at Sony A300 Gallery and Sony WX80 Gallery.

When you are planning to travel with your camera often, you will have to take into account its weight and volume. The Sony A300 has physical dimensions of 131mm x 99mm x 75mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 3.0") with a weight of 632 grams (1.39 lbs) while the Sony WX80 has sizing of 92mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.9") with a weight of 124 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change depending on the lens you select at that time. The following is a front view proportions comparison of the A300 vs the WX80.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the A300 and WX80 is 64 and 96 respectively.

In many cases, it is very tough to visualize the contrast between sensor dimensions just by looking at specs. The picture here may provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A300 and WX80.

All in all, the two cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The A300 due to its larger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony WX80 will resolve more detail as a result of its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop photos more aggressively. The more aged A300 is going to be disadvantaged with regard to sensor tech.