Sony A700 vs Sony WX10

Here is a thorough overview of the Sony A700 and Sony WX10, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both built by Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the A700 (12MP) and WX10 (16MP) and the A700 (APS-C) and WX10 (1/2.3") feature totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A700 was announced 4 years before the WX10 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A700 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony WX10 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a more detailed comparison, below is a short synopsis of how the A700 scores vs the WX10 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10. The whole galleries are available at Sony A700 Gallery & Sony WX10 Gallery.

For anyone who is aiming to carry your camera often, you'll need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Sony A700 provides outer dimensions of 142mm x 105mm x 80mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.1") along with a weight of 768 grams (1.69 lbs) while the Sony WX10 has dimensions of 95mm x 54mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 161 grams (0.35 lbs).

Take a look at the Sony A700 and Sony WX10 in our brand new Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have chosen during that time. Following is the front view scale comparison of the A700 and the WX10.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the A700 and WX10 is 58 and 95 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to visualise the gap in sensor sizing merely by seeing technical specs. The photograph below may provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the A700 and WX10.

As you can tell, each of these cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The A700 using its larger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony WX10 will show more detail with its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also help you crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older A700 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.