Sony A350 vs Sony A850

Lets look a bit more closely at the Sony A350 vs Sony A850, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Advanced DSLR and both are designed by Sony. There is a noticeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the A350 (14MP) and A850 (25MP) and the A350 (APS-C) and A850 (Full frame) possess totally different sensor measurements.

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The A350 was announced 22 months earlier than the A850 which makes the cameras a generation apart from each other. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A350 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony A850 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving through a in-depth comparison, below is a quick synopsis of how the A350 scores vs the A850 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 & Sony Alpha DSLR-A850. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony A350 Gallery & Sony A850 Gallery.

If you are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to think about its weight and dimensions. The Sony A350 enjoys outer dimensions of 131mm x 99mm x 75mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 3.0") having a weight of 674 grams (1.49 lbs) while the Sony A850 has dimensions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") having a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are working with at that time. Underneath is the front view over all size comparison of the A350 versus the A850.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the A350 and A850 is 62 and 54 respectively.

Often, it is hard to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements purely by reading through a spec sheet. The visual below might provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the A350 and A850.

As you can see, both of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A350 with its tinier sensor will make achieving shallow DOF tougher and the Sony A850 will resolve greater detail with its extra 11 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop pictures much more aggressively. The older A350 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.