Sony W330 vs Sony A37

The following is a complete overview of the Sony W330 and Sony A37, one is a Ultracompact and the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR and both are manufactured by Sony. The sensor resolution of the W330 (14MP) and the A37 (16MP) is pretty close but the W330 (1/2.3") and A37 (APS-C) come with different sensor sizes.

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The W330 was introduced 3 years before the A37 which is a fairly big gap as far as camera technology is concerned. The two cameras offer different body type with the Sony W330 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A37 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before diving through a in-depth comparison, below is a brief introduction of how the W330 scores vs the A37 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W330 and Sony SLT-A37. The whole galleries are provided at Sony W330 Gallery and Sony A37 Gallery.

When you are planning to travel with your camera often, you have to think about its weight and measurements. The Sony W330 enjoys physical measurements of 96mm x 57mm x 17mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.7") along with a weight of 128 grams (0.28 lbs) while the Sony A37 has proportions of 124mm x 92mm x 85mm (4.9" x 3.6" x 3.3") along with a weight of 506 grams (1.12 lbs).

Check out the Sony W330 and Sony A37 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Don't forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you have chosen at the time. Below is the front view scale comparison of the W330 compared to the A37.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the W330 and A37 is 96 and 67 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to visualize the gap in sensor dimensions purely by viewing specs. The pic here may provide you a better sense of the sensor sizing in the W330 and A37.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The W330 having a smaller sensor is going to make achieving bokeh more challenging and the Sony A37 will render more detail using its extra 2MP. Higher resolution can also enable you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The more aged W330 will be disadvantaged in sensor technology.