Sony A450 vs Sony RX100 II

Its time to look more closely at the Sony A450 vs Sony RX100 II, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Compact and both are sold by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the A450 (14MP) and RX100 II (20MP) and the A450 (APS-C) and RX100 II (1") have different sensor sizes.

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The A450 was brought out 4 years prior to the RX100 II and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Sony A450 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX100 II being a Large Sensor Compact camera.

Before getting into a in-depth comparison, here is a short overview of how the A450 grades vs the RX100 II when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A450 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A450 Gallery & Sony RX100 II Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you have to consider its weight and proportions. The Sony A450 has got outer measurements of 137mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.2") with a weight of 560 grams (1.23 lbs) whilst the Sony RX100 II has measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 38mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.5") along with a weight of 281 grams (0.62 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Below is a front view over all size comparison of the A450 against the RX100 II.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A450 and RX100 II is 65 and 89 respectively.

Quite often, it can be difficult to imagine the difference between sensor measurements only by looking at technical specs. The graphic underneath should provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A450 and RX100 II.

As you have seen, each of the cameras have different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A450 because of its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony RX100 II will give you more detail having its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will enable you to crop shots a bit more aggressively. The older A450 is going to be behind in sensor tech.