Sony W220 vs Sony W810

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Sony W220 vs Sony W810, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Ultracompact and they are both built by Sony. There exists a noticeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the W220 (12MP) and W810 (20MP) but they feature the same exact sensor sizing (1/2.3").

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The W220 was brought out 6 years before the W810 and that is a fairly sizable difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Both cameras offer different body type with the Sony W220 being a Compact camera and the Sony W810 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before delving straight into a full comparison, below is a quick summary of how the W220 scores vs the W810 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W220 & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810. The entire galleries are available at Sony W220 Gallery & Sony W810 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera often, you have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Sony W220 offers external dimensions of 95mm x 57mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") having a weight of 147 grams (0.32 lbs) while the Sony W810 has measurements of 97mm x 56mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") having a weight of 111 grams (0.24 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will vary dependant on the lens you use at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimension comparison of the W220 versus the W810.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the W220 and W810 is 95 and 96 respectively.

Normally, it is very hard to imagine the gap in sensor measurements purely by viewing a spec sheet. The visual below might give you a greater sense of the sensor dimensions in the W220 and W810.

As you can see, both of the cameras offer the same exact sensor sizing but different MP. You can anticipate the Sony W810 to result in more detail having its extra 8MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images a little more aggressively. The older W220 will be behind in sensor tech.