Sony A330 vs Sony HX80

Here is a detailed overview of the Sony A330 and Sony HX80, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both of them are designed by Sony. There is a huge difference among the sensor resolutions of the A330 (10MP) and HX80 (18MP) and the A330 (APS-C) and HX80 (1/2.3") posses different sensor measurements.

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The A330 was released 7 years prior to the HX80 and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Sony A330 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony HX80 being a Compact camera.

Before we go right into a full comparison, here is a short introduction of how the A330 scores vs the HX80 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha DSLR-A330 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80. The complete galleries are provided at Sony A330 Gallery and Sony HX80 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to carry your camera regularly, you have to factor its weight and volume. The Sony A330 has outside measurements of 128mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.8") accompanied by a weight of 529 grams (1.17 lbs) and the Sony HX80 has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") and a weight of 245 grams (0.54 lbs).

Look at the Sony A330 and Sony HX80 in the latest Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you select at that time. Here is a front view sizing comparison of the A330 and the HX80.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the A330 and HX80 is 67 and 91 respectively.

Generally, its hard to visualize the contrast in sensor sizing simply by looking through technical specs. The photograph here will give you a much better sense of the sensor sizing in the A330 and HX80.

As you can tell, each of the cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The A330 because of its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF easier and the Sony HX80 will render more detail as a result of its extra 8MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs way more aggressively. The older A330 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.