Sony A560 vs Sony WX300

Its time to look much closer at the Sony A560 vs Sony WX300, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are offered by Sony. There is a substantial difference between the image resolutions of the A560 (14MP) and WX300 (18MP) and the A560 (APS-C) and WX300 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A560 was brought out 3 years prior to the WX300 which is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A560 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony WX300 being a Compact camera.

Before going straight into a detailed comparison, below is a short summation of how the A560 grades vs the WX300 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A560 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX300. The entire galleries are available at Sony A560 Gallery & Sony WX300 Gallery.

If you're looking to travel with your camera, you are going to need to think about its weight and volume. The Sony A560 offers external measurements of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") having a weight of 599 grams (1.32 lbs) while the Sony WX300 has sizing of 96mm x 55mm x 25mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 1.0") accompanied by a weight of 166 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at that time. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the A560 compared to the WX300.

Considering size and weight, the portability grade of the A560 and WX300 is 64 and 94 respectively.

In many cases, its difficult to envision the difference between sensor dimensions merely by reading technical specs. The picture below might provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the A560 and WX300.

As you have seen, both of those cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The A560 featuring a larger sensor will make shooting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony WX300 will deliver more detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The more aged A560 is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.