Sony NEX-7 vs Sony TX55

Its time to look a little more in depth at the Sony NEX-7 vs Sony TX55, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact and both are designed by Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the NEX-7 (24MP) and TX55 (16MP) and the NEX-7 (APS-C) and TX55 (1/2.3") have different sensor size.

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The NEX-7 was manufactured 5 months later than the TX55 which means that they are both of a similar age. Both the cameras feature different body design with the Sony NEX-7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony TX55 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting into a complete comparison, here is a simple introduction of how the NEX-7 matches up against the TX55 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha NEX-7 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX55. The entire galleries are available at Sony NEX-7 Gallery & Sony TX55 Gallery.

For those who are going to carry your camera regularly, you will want to take into account its weight and size. The Sony NEX-7 has outside measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 43mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.7") accompanied by a weight of 400 grams (0.88 lbs) and the Sony TX55 has specifications of 93mm x 54mm x 13mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.5") and a weight of 109 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Here is a front view dimension comparison of the NEX-7 against the TX55.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the NEX-7 and TX55 is 84 and 97 respectively.

Generally, it can be difficult to imagine the contrast in sensor sizing only by looking through a spec sheet. The graphic underneath might offer you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the NEX-7 and TX55.

Clearly, both of these cameras come with different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The NEX-7 because of its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Sony NEX-7 will result in more detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop pics a good deal more aggressively.