Sony A6500 vs Sony W290

Here is a extensive assessment of the Sony A6500 and Sony W290, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are built by Sony. There exists a considerable gap among the image resolutions of the A6500 (24MP) and W290 (12MP) and the A6500 (APS-C) and W290 (1/2.3") use different sensor size.

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The A6500 was brought out 7 years later than the W290 and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony A6500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W290 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a concise introduction of how the A6500 matches up versus the W290 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

The following is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha a6500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290. The entire galleries are available at Sony A6500 Gallery & Sony W290 Gallery.

If you're intending to carry your camera often, you'll need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Sony A6500 comes with external dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 53mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.1") accompanied by a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs) whilst the Sony W290 has dimensions of 98mm x 57mm x 23mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is the front view sizing comparison of the A6500 versus the W290.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A6500 and W290 is 81 and 94 respectively.

Typically, it's difficult to picture the contrast in sensor sizing just by going through specs. The photograph here might offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the A6500 and W290.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor sizing. The A6500 due to its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow DOF less difficult and the Sony A6500 will produce more detail having its extra 12MP. Higher resolution will allow you to crop photographs much more aggressively. The younger A6500 should have a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.