Sony A6500 vs Sony WX10

Let's take a more detailed look at the Sony A6500 vs Sony WX10, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are created by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the resolutions of the A6500 (24MP) and WX10 (16MP) and the A6500 (APS-C) and WX10 (1/2.3") come with different sensor dimensions.

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The A6500 was manufactured 5 years later than the WX10 and that is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Both the cameras offer different body type with the Sony A6500 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony WX10 being a Compact camera.

Before we go straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a brief summary of how the A6500 scores versus the WX10 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Alpha a6500 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10. The entire galleries are available at Sony A6500 Gallery & Sony WX10 Gallery.

For those who are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you are going to need to factor its weight and volume. The Sony A6500 offers exterior dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 53mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.1") with a weight of 453 grams (1.00 lbs) whilst the Sony WX10 has sizing of 95mm x 54mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 161 grams (0.35 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you use at that time. The following is the front view size comparison of the A6500 versus the WX10.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the A6500 and WX10 is 81 and 95 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to picture the gap between sensor measurements just by looking at technical specs. The visual below might provide you a clearer sense of the sensor dimensions in the A6500 and WX10.

As you can tell, both of the cameras enjoy different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The A6500 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving bokeh easier and the Sony A6500 will give greater detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures far more aggressively. The more modern A6500 provides a benefit in sensor tech.