Sony NEX-6 vs Sony W380

Its time to examine more in depth at the Sony NEX-6 and Sony W380, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Ultracompact and they are both produced by Sony. The resolution of the NEX-6 (16MP) and the W380 (14MP) is relatively comparable but the NEX-6 (APS-C) and W380 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The NEX-6 was announced 3 years later than the W380 and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony NEX-6 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W380 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going through a full comparison, below is a simple summation of how the NEX-6 grades versus the W380 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha NEX-6 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W380. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony NEX-6 Gallery & Sony W380 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to lug around your camera, you're going to have to think about its weight and proportions. The Sony NEX-6 provides exterior measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 43mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.7") accompanied by a weight of 345 grams (0.76 lbs) and the Sony W380 has measurements of 91mm x 52mm x 20mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.8") having a weight of 117 grams (0.26 lbs).

Look at the Sony NEX-6 and Sony W380 in our newest Camera & Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you are utilising at that moment. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the NEX-6 and the W380.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the NEX-6 and W380 is 85 and 96 respectively.

Usually, its hard to envision the contrast in sensor measurements purely by seeing technical specs. The photograph here may provide you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the NEX-6 and W380.

As you can tell, both of those cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The NEX-6 with its bigger sensor will make shooting shallow DOF easier and the Sony NEX-6 will produce more detail with its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs much more aggressively. The younger NEX-6 will have an advantage in sensor innovation.