Sony TX66 vs Sony A55

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Sony TX66 vs Sony A55, former is a Ultracompact while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR and they are both designed by Sony. The image resolution of the TX66 (18MP) and the A55 (16MP) is very well matched but the TX66 (1/2.3") and A55 (APS-C) possess totally different sensor measurements.

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The TX66 was revealed 19 months after the A55 making the cameras a generation away from one another. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony TX66 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A55 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before going straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a short introduction of how the TX66 matches up against the A55 for portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a sample of the gallery pics for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66 & Sony SLT-A55. The full galleries are available at Sony TX66 Gallery & Sony A55 Gallery.

In case you're going to carry around your camera, you're going to have to think about its weight and volume. The Sony TX66 provides outside dimensions of 93mm x 54mm x 13mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.5") accompanied by a weight of 109 grams (0.24 lbs) and the Sony A55 has sizing of 124mm x 92mm x 85mm (4.9" x 3.6" x 3.3") and a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have attached at that moment. Underneath is the front view scale comparison of the TX66 and the A55.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the TX66 and A55 is 97 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, it is hard to envision the difference between sensor sizes only by reading through technical specs. The pic here should offer you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the TX66 and A55.

As you can tell, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The TX66 using its tinier sensor will make shooting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony TX66 will resolve greater detail because of its extra 2MP. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The younger TX66 will have an advantage in sensor innovation.