Sony A6400 vs Sony W620

Lets take a closer look at the Sony A6400 vs Sony W620, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both built by Sony. There is a noticeable difference among the image resolutions of the A6400 (24MP) and W620 (14MP) and the A6400 (APS-C) and W620 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The A6400 was brought out 7 years after the W620 which is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras offer different body type with the Sony A6400 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W620 being a Compact camera.

Before diving in to a step-by-step comparison, below is a concise highlight of how the A6400 grades against the W620 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha a6400 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony A6400 Gallery & Sony W620 Gallery.

If you're looking to carry around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and proportions. The Sony A6400 comes with exterior measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.0") accompanied by a weight of 403 grams (0.89 lbs) and the Sony W620 has measurements of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 116 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. Below is the front view scale comparison of the A6400 versus the W620.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the A6400 and W620 is 83 and 96 respectively.

In many cases, it is tough to picture the contrast in sensor sizes purely by viewing specs. The image underneath might provide you a more clear sense of the sensor sizing in the A6400 and W620.

All in all, both cameras offer different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The A6400 because of its bigger sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony A6400 will render more detail having its extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The younger A6400 should have an advantage in sensor technology.