Sony TX30 vs Sony A68

Let's take a more detailed look at the Sony TX30 and Sony A68, former is a Ultracompact while the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR and they are both designed by Sony. There exists a sizable gap among the image resolutions of the TX30 (18MP) and A68 (24MP) and the TX30 (1/2.3") and A68 (APS-C) use different sensor measurements.

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The TX30 was launched 3 years prior to the A68 which is a fairly significant difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony TX30 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A68 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a short highlight of how the TX30 matches up versus the A68 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX30 & Sony SLT-A68. The complete galleries are available at Sony TX30 Gallery & Sony A68 Gallery.

In case you're planning to travel with your camera often, you will have to take into account its weight and volume. The Sony TX30 comes with external dimensions of 96mm x 59mm x 15mm (3.8" x 2.3" x 0.6") along with a weight of 141 grams (0.31 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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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at that time. Underneath is the front view over all size comparison of the TX30 compared to the A68.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the TX30 and A68 is 96 and 64 respectively.

Normally, it's difficult to picture the gap in sensor dimensions purely by viewing technical specs. The image below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the TX30 and A68.

As you can tell, the 2 cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor dimensions. The TX30 because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallow depth of field trickier and the Sony A68 will provide you with more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Higher resolution will also let you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The more aged TX30 will be behind in sensor tech.