Sony HX5 vs Sony HX50V

Let's take a deeper look at the Sony HX5 versus Sony HX50V, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and they are both created by Sony. There exists a sizable gap between the image resolutions of the HX5 (10MP) and HX50V (20MP) and the HX5 (1/2.4") and HX50V (1/2.3") posses different sensor sizes.

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The HX5 was launched 3 years earlier than the HX50V and that is quite a significant difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras have the same body design (Compact).

Before we go straight to a detailed comparison, here is a quick overview of how the HX5 grades vs the HX50V with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V. The complete galleries are available at Sony HX5 Gallery & Sony HX50V Gallery.

If you are aiming to lug around your camera frequently, you should factor its weight and dimensions. The Sony HX5 provides outside measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 29mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.1") having a weight of 200 grams (0.44 lbs) and the Sony HX50V has dimensions of 108mm x 64mm x 38mm (4.3" x 2.5" x 1.5") having a weight of 272 grams (0.60 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you are utilising at that time. Following is a front view scale comparison of the HX5 versus the HX50V.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the HX5 and HX50V is 92 and 89 respectively.

Typically, it is very hard to picture the difference between sensor measurements purely by looking at technical specs. The visual here may offer you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the HX5 and HX50V.

As you can tell, the two cameras provide different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The HX5 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Sony HX50V will give you more detail utilizing its extra 10MP. Higher resolution will let you crop shots more aggressively. The older HX5 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor technology.