Sony A500 vs Sony W570

The following is a in depth review of the Sony A500 versus Sony W570, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact and both of them are offered by Sony. There is a sizable difference between the image resolutions of the A500 (12MP) and W570 (16MP) and the A500 (APS-C) and W570 (1/2.3") offer totally different sensor measurements.

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The A500 was announced 16 months earlier than the W570 making them a generation away from each other. Both cameras have different body design with the Sony A500 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony W570 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before diving straight to a in-depth comparison, here is a simple view of how the A500 matches up vs the W570 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W570. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony A500 Gallery & Sony W570 Gallery.

For those who are going to travel with your camera regularly, you are going to need to consider its weight and size. The Sony A500 provides outer dimensions of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") accompanied by a weight of 630 grams (1.39 lbs) while the Sony W570 has specifications of 91mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") along with a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

Look at the Sony A500 versus Sony W570 in our completely new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Always remember, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are working with at the time. The following is a front view overall size comparison of the A500 versus the W570.

Considering size and weight, the portability rating of the A500 and W570 is 63 and 96 respectively.

Often, it's hard to visualise the contrast between sensor dimensions only by checking technical specs. The pic here might provide you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A500 and W570.

As you have seen, both of these cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The A500 having a larger sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony W570 will give extra detail with its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also enable you to crop images more aggressively. The more aged A500 is going to be behind in sensor technology.