Sony NEX-7 vs Sony W550

Lets look closer at the Sony NEX-7 and Sony W550, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact and both of them are manufactured by Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the NEX-7 (24MP) and W550 (14MP) and the NEX-7 (APS-C) and W550 (1/2.3") feature different sensor dimensions.

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The NEX-7 was launched 5 months later than the W550 and they are both of a similar age. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony NEX-7 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W550 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief introduction of how the NEX-7 grades vs the W550 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha NEX-7 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W550. The complete galleries are provided at Sony NEX-7 Gallery & Sony W550 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera regularly, you need to think about its weight and measurements. The Sony NEX-7 has outside measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 43mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.7") with a weight of 400 grams (0.88 lbs) whilst the Sony W550 has proportions of 94mm x 56mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.7") with a weight of 110 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have attached at that time. Below is the front view physical size comparison of the NEX-7 compared to the W550.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the NEX-7 and W550 is 84 and 96 respectively.

Typically, it's hard to picture the difference between sensor measurements only by reviewing specifications. The visual here might provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the NEX-7 and W550.

Plainly, each of these cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The NEX-7 due to its larger sensor is going to make achieving bokeh simpler and the Sony NEX-7 will deliver extra detail utilizing its extra 10MP. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos much more aggressively.