Sony A900 vs Sony QX10

Its time to look closer at the Sony A900 and Sony QX10, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Lens-style and they are both designed by Sony. There is a big difference among the sensor resolutions of the A900 (25MP) and QX10 (18MP) and the A900 (Full frame) and QX10 (1/2.3") possess totally different sensor size.

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The A900 was brought out 5 years before the QX10 and that is a fairly big gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A900 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony QX10 being a Lens-style camera.

Before going through a comprehensive comparison, below is a concise summary of how the A900 scores against the QX10 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A900 Gallery and Sony QX10 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera often, you'll need to consider its weight and proportions. The Sony A900 features outer dimensions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") along with a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs) and the Sony QX10 has measurements of 62mm x 62mm x 33mm (2.4" x 2.4" x 1.3") with a weight of 105 grams (0.23 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have chosen at that time. The following is the front view measurements comparison of the A900 compared to the QX10.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the A900 and QX10 is 54 and 96 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to visualise the gap in sensor measurements just by looking through technical specs. The visual here will help provide you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the A900 and QX10.

As you have seen, the 2 cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The A900 because of its larger sensor will make shooting shallow depth of field easier and the Sony A900 will result in greater detail having its extra 7 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older A900 will be behind in sensor technology.