Sony RX100 vs Sony W710

Its time to look much closer at the Sony RX100 and Sony W710, former is a Large Sensor Compact while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and both are offered by Sony. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the RX100 (20MP) and W710 (16MP) and the RX100 (1") and W710 (1/2.3") use totally different sensor dimensions.

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The RX100 was announced 4 months before the W710 which means that they are of a similar age. Both the cameras come with different body type with the Sony RX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera and the Sony W710 being a Compact camera.

Before getting in to a more detailed comparison, below is a short summation of how the RX100 scores versus the W710 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710. The whole galleries are available at Sony RX100 Gallery & Sony W710 Gallery.

If you're looking to travel with your camera frequently, you are going to need to factor its weight and volume. The Sony RX100 has got outside measurements of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") along with a weight of 240 grams (0.53 lbs) whilst the Sony W710 has sizing of 97mm x 55mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you choose at that time. The following is the front view dimension comparison of the RX100 compared to the W710.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the RX100 and W710 is 91 and 96 respectively.

More often than not, it is tough to see the gap between sensor dimensions merely by looking at specs. The image below will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor measurements in the RX100 and W710.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The RX100 using its larger sensor will make getting shallow DOF simpler and the Sony RX100 will give you greater detail with its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also help you crop images somewhat more aggressively.