Sony H55 vs Sony A68

Below, we will be analyzing the Sony H55 and Sony A68, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR and both are designed by Sony. There is a substantial difference among the sensor resolutions of the H55 (14MP) and A68 (24MP) and the H55 (1/2.3") and A68 (APS-C) use different sensor sizing.

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The H55 was unveiled 6 years earlier than the A68 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony H55 being a Compact camera and the Sony A68 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting through a step-by-step comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the H55 matches up versus the A68 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 & Sony SLT-A68. The full galleries are viewable at Sony H55 Gallery & Sony A68 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera, you're going to have to factor its weight and volume. The Sony H55 has got outside dimensions of 103mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 200 grams (0.44 lbs) while the Sony A68 has sizing of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") along with a weight of 610 grams (1.34 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you use at the time. The following is the front view dimensions comparison of the H55 against the A68.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the H55 and A68 is 92 and 64 respectively.

Oftentimes, its difficult to picture the gap in sensor measurements only by looking through technical specs. The photograph underneath might provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the H55 and A68.

As you have seen, both of the cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The H55 having a smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF more difficult and the Sony A68 will result in more detail having an extra 10 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The older H55 will be behind when it comes to sensor technology.