Sony A330 vs Sony A6300

Lets look a bit more in depth at the Sony A330 versus Sony A6300, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless and both of them are designed by Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the resolutions of the A330 (10MP) and A6300 (24MP) but they come with the exact same sensor measurements (APS-C).

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The A330 was brought out 7 years before the A6300 and that is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Sony A330 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick introduction of how the A330 grades vs the A6300 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A330 & Sony Alpha a6300. The entire galleries are provided at Sony A330 Gallery & Sony A6300 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to carry your camera frequently, you need to factor its weight and measurements. The Sony A330 enjoys outer dimensions of 128mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.8") along with a weight of 529 grams (1.17 lbs) and the Sony A6300 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") with a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have at that time. Following is the front view dimension comparison of the A330 versus the A6300.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the A330 and A6300 is 67 and 83 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to visualize the contrast in sensor sizing simply by going through specifications. The graphic below will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the A330 and A6300.

Plainly, both of the cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements albeit different megapixels. You can expect the Sony A6300 to provide extra detail having its extra 14 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older A330 will be behind when it comes to sensor technology.