Sony A380 vs Sony W800

Here is a thorough analysis of the Sony A380 versus Sony W800, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both manufactured by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the image resolutions of the A380 (14MP) and W800 (20MP) and the A380 (APS-C) and W800 (1/2.3") have totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A380 was brought out 5 years before the W800 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Sony A380 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before delving right into a thorough comparison, here is a concise synopsis of how the A380 scores versus the W800 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Below is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha DSLR-A380 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A380 Gallery & Sony W800 Gallery.

In case you're going to carry your camera regularly, you're going to have to consider its weight and dimensions. The Sony A380 offers outer measurements of 128mm x 97mm x 71mm (5.0" x 3.8" x 2.8") having a weight of 519 grams (1.14 lbs) and the Sony W800 has dimensions of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") having a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. The following is a front view scale comparison of the A380 and the W800.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the A380 and W800 is 68 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it is difficult to visualise the contrast between sensor sizing simply by looking at specifications. The visual here will help give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A380 and W800.

Plainly, both the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The A380 because of its bigger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony W800 will resolve extra detail having its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The older A380 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.