Sony A6600 vs Sony TX7

Let's examine more closely at the Sony A6600 and Sony TX7, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Ultracompact and they are both built by Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the sensor resolutions of the A6600 (24MP) and TX7 (10MP) and the A6600 (APS-C) and TX7 (1/2.4") enjoy totally different sensor dimensions.

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The A6600 was released 9 years later than the TX7 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Sony A6600 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony TX7 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before we go straight into a comprehensive comparison, below is a concise summation of how the A6600 matches up versus the TX7 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Alpha a6600 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7. The complete galleries are available at Sony A6600 Gallery & Sony TX7 Gallery.

When you are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you will need to think about its weight and proportions. The Sony A6600 comes with physical measurements of 120mm x 67mm x 69mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.7") with a weight of 503 grams (1.11 lbs) and the Sony TX7 has measurements of 98mm x 60mm x 18mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 0.7") having a weight of 149 grams (0.33 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are utilizing during that time. Underneath is the front view over all size comparison of the A6600 compared to the TX7.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A6600 and TX7 is 77 and 95 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to envision the difference between sensor measurements purely by checking technical specs. The graphic here will help give you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the A6600 and TX7.

As you can tell, each of these cameras enjoy different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A6600 featuring a bigger sensor will make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Sony A6600 will resolve greater detail as a result of its extra 14 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also help you crop pictures far more aggressively. The newer A6600 is going to have an advantage with regard to sensor innovation.