Sony A580 vs Sony RX10

Its time to look a bit more in depth at the Sony A580 versus Sony RX10, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Large Sensor Superzoom and they are both designed by Sony. The image resolution of the A580 (16MP) and the RX10 (20MP) is relatively close but the A580 (APS-C) and RX10 (1") use different sensor sizes.

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The A580 was brought out 3 years prior to the RX10 which is a fairly serious difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony A580 being a Compact SLR camera and the Sony RX10 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before diving straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a quick highlight of how the A580 scores vs the RX10 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha DSLR-A580 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A580 Gallery & Sony RX10 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to travel with your camera regularly, you will need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Sony A580 offers outer dimensions of 137mm x 104mm x 84mm (5.4" x 4.1" x 3.3") accompanied by a weight of 599 grams (1.32 lbs) while the Sony RX10 has dimensions of 129mm x 88mm x 102mm (5.1" x 3.5" x 4.0") and a weight of 813 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you are using during that time. The following is the front view scale comparison of the A580 and the RX10.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A580 and RX10 is 64 and 58 respectively.

Normally, it can be tough to visualize the gap in sensor dimensions simply by viewing specifications. The pic below may offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the A580 and RX10.

To sum up, each of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The A580 because of its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony RX10 will provide you with more detail having its extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also help you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The more aged A580 will be disadvantaged in sensor tech.