Sony A6500 vs Sony W830

Let's look a little more closely at the Sony A6500 versus Sony W830, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Ultracompact and both are designed by Sony. The image resolution of the A6500 (24MP) and the W830 (20MP) is fairly well matched but the A6500 (APS-C) and W830 (1/2.3") come with different sensor size.

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The A6500 was released 2 years after the W830 which is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony A6500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W830 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before getting straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a concise overview of how the A6500 grades against the W830 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Alpha a6500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830. The complete galleries are viewable at Sony A6500 Gallery & Sony W830 Gallery.

If you are looking to travel with your camera frequently, you'll have to factor in its weight and measurements. The Sony A6500 has got outer dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 53mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.1") along with a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs) whilst the Sony W830 has proportions of 93mm x 52mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") with a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are employing during that time. Below is the front view size comparison of the A6500 against the W830.

Looking at size and weight, the portability score of the A6500 and W830 is 81 and 96 respectively.

Often, its hard to imagine the contrast between sensor dimensions only by reading through a spec sheet. The picture underneath will give you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the A6500 and W830.

As you can see, both the cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor dimensions. The A6500 due to its larger sensor is going to make shooting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony A6500 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics much more aggressively. The more recent A6500 provides a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.