Sony A900 vs Sony T900

Let's look more in depth at the Sony A900 vs Sony T900, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Ultracompact and both of them are built by Sony. There exists a considerable gap among the sensor resolutions of the A900 (25MP) and T900 (12MP) and the A900 (Full frame) and T900 (1/2.3") posses different sensor size.

Pentax 17 Pre-Orders Outperform Expectations by a Landslide

The A900 was brought out 3 months before the T900 and they are both of a similar age. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Sony A900 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony T900 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight to a thorough comparison, here is a concise view of how the A900 scores versus the T900 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A900 Gallery & Sony T900 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Sony A900 provides external dimensions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") accompanied by a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs) while the Sony T900 has dimensions of 98mm x 58mm x 16mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 0.6") along with a weight of 143 grams (0.32 lbs).

Check out the Sony A900 vs Sony T900 in our brand new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have chosen during that time. Here is a front view physical size comparison of the A900 and the T900.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A900 and T900 is 54 and 96 respectively.

Quite often, it's difficult to imagine the gap in sensor measurements simply by going through specs. The graphic here will provide you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the A900 and T900.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras provide different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The A900 due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field easier and the Sony A900 will produce extra detail having its extra 13 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos more aggressively.