Sony S2000 vs Sony A99

Below is a in depth comparison of the Sony S2000 and Sony A99, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced DSLR and both of them are manufactured by Sony. There is a sizable difference between the resolutions of the S2000 (10MP) and A99 (24MP) and the S2000 (1/2.3") and A99 (Full frame) have totally different sensor size.

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The S2000 was announced 3 years prior to the A99 and that is quite a significant difference as far as tech is concerned. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Sony S2000 being a Compact camera and the Sony A99 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before delving straight to a complete comparison, here is a short synopsis of how the S2000 scores vs the A99 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S2000 & Sony SLT-A99. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony S2000 Gallery & Sony A99 Gallery.

For anyone who is looking to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Sony S2000 offers outside measurements of 98mm x 61mm x 27mm (3.9" x 2.4" x 1.1") with a weight of 167 grams (0.37 lbs) while the Sony A99 has dimensions of 147mm x 111mm x 78mm (5.8" x 4.4" x 3.1") having a weight of 812 grams (1.79 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at the time. Below is a front view measurements comparison of the S2000 versus the A99.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the S2000 and A99 is 93 and 57 respectively.

Often, it is tough to envision the gap between sensor measurements simply by reading through specs. The visual here will help give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the S2000 and A99.

As you can plainly see, both cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The S2000 with its tinier sensor will make getting shallower depth of field tougher and the Sony A99 will resolve extra detail with its extra 14MP. Greater resolution will help you crop pics more aggressively. The older S2000 is going to be behind with regard to sensor technology.