Sony RX10 IV vs Sony S950

Let's take a closer look at the Sony RX10 IV versus Sony S950, former being a Large Sensor Superzoom while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both sold by Sony. There is a sizable difference between the resolutions of the RX10 IV (20MP) and S950 (10MP) and the RX10 IV (1") and S950 (1/2.3") possess totally different sensor measurements.

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The RX10 IV was launched 8 years later than the S950 and that is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony RX10 IV being a SLR-like (bridge) camera and the Sony S950 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight into a complete comparison, below is a short overview of how the RX10 IV matches up vs the S950 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S950. The complete galleries are provided at Sony RX10 IV Gallery & Sony S950 Gallery.

If you are intending to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor in its weight and measurements. The Sony RX10 IV comes with external measurements of 133mm x 94mm x 145mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 5.7") with a weight of 1095 grams (2.41 lbs) while the Sony S950 has proportions of 93mm x 56mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Following is the front view measurement comparison of the RX10 IV versus the S950.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability rating of the RX10 IV and S950 is 52 and 94 respectively.

Often, it is very difficult to envision the difference between sensor measurements purely by reading through specs. The visual here may provide you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the RX10 IV and S950.

As you can plainly see, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The RX10 IV featuring a larger sensor will make achieving shallower depth of field simpler and the Sony RX10 IV will resolve more detail utilizing its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The newer RX10 IV is going to have a benefit in sensor innovation.