Sony A6000 vs Sony WX150

Its time to look a little more closely at the Sony A6000 versus Sony WX150, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are sold by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the A6000 (24MP) and WX150 (18MP) and the A6000 (APS-C) and WX150 (1/2.3") provide different sensor dimensions.

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The A6000 was launched 2 years later than the WX150 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both cameras feature different body design with the Sony A6000 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX150 being a Compact camera.

Before we go right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a quick summation of how the A6000 matches up versus the WX150 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Alpha a6000 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150. The complete galleries are viewable at Sony A6000 Gallery & Sony WX150 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera, you're going to have to think about its weight and proportions. The Sony A6000 has outside dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 45mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.8") accompanied by a weight of 344 grams (0.76 lbs) whilst the Sony WX150 has measurements of 95mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 133 grams (0.29 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you use at the time. Following is a front view proportions comparison of the A6000 versus the WX150.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A6000 and WX150 is 85 and 95 respectively.

Quite often, it can be hard to visualize the difference between sensor measurements purely by reading a spec sheet. The visual here may offer you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the A6000 and WX150.

Clearly, both of the cameras feature different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A6000 due to its larger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Sony A6000 will deliver more detail utilizing its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will let you crop images way more aggressively. The more recent A6000 should have an edge with regard to sensor tech.