Sony A900 vs Sony WX5

Below is a extended comparison of the Sony A900 vs Sony WX5, former being a Advanced DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both are produced by Sony. There exists a substantial gap between the resolutions of the A900 (25MP) and WX5 (12MP) and the A900 (Full frame) and WX5 (1/2.3") posses totally different sensor measurements.

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The A900 was released 20 months prior to the WX5 which makes them a generation apart from one another. Both the cameras have different body design with the Sony A900 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Sony WX5 being a Compact camera.

Before delving right into a detailed comparison, here is a quick view of how the A900 grades vs the WX5 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX5. The complete galleries are provided at Sony A900 Gallery & Sony WX5 Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to consider its weight and measurements. The Sony A900 enjoys external dimensions of 156mm x 117mm x 82mm (6.1" x 4.6" x 3.2") with a weight of 895 grams (1.97 lbs) and the Sony WX5 has proportions of 92mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.9") and a weight of 146 grams (0.32 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you select at the time. Below is a front view measurement comparison of the A900 versus the WX5.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the A900 and WX5 is 54 and 95 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to visualise the contrast between sensor measurements simply by checking a spec sheet. The photograph below will provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A900 and WX5.

As you can see, both cameras have different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A900 featuring a bigger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony A900 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 13 Megapixels. Higher resolution will let you crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The older A900 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor technology.