Sony H200 vs Sony A57

Following is a in-depth overview of the Sony H200 versus Sony A57, former is a Small Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR and both are produced by Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the sensor resolutions of the H200 (20MP) and A57 (16MP) and the H200 (1/2.3") and A57 (APS-C) feature totally different sensor measurements.

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The H200 was unveiled 4 months after the A57 and they are of a similar age. The two cameras come with different body type with the Sony H200 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera and the Sony A57 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting through a in depth comparison, below is a simple highlight of how the H200 scores vs the A57 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H200 & Sony SLT-A57. The full galleries are provided at Sony H200 Gallery & Sony A57 Gallery.

For anyone who is intending to carry around your camera often, you'll have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Sony H200 comes with external measurements of 123mm x 83mm x 87mm (4.8" x 3.3" x 3.4") accompanied by a weight of 530 grams (1.17 lbs) whilst the Sony A57 has measurements of 132mm x 98mm x 81mm (5.2" x 3.9" x 3.2") along with a weight of 618 grams (1.36 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you have chosen at that moment. The following is the front view physical size comparison of the H200 versus the A57.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the H200 and A57 is 67 and 64 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to see the gap between sensor sizes merely by looking at specs. The pic below may provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the H200 and A57.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor sizes. The H200 using its tinier sensor will make shooting shallow DOF more challenging and the Sony H200 will resolve more detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics much more aggressively.