Sony W370 vs Sony A58

Its time to look a bit more in depth at the Sony W370 versus Sony A58, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Entry-Level DSLR and both of them are created by Sony. There is a huge difference among the sensor resolutions of the W370 (14MP) and A58 (20MP) and the W370 (1/2.3") and A58 (APS-C) come with different sensor dimensions.

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The W370 was introduced 4 years prior to the A58 and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony W370 being a Compact camera and the Sony A58 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before diving straight into a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick overview of how the W370 scores vs the A58 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W370 and Sony SLT-A58. The whole galleries are available at Sony W370 Gallery and Sony A58 Gallery.

In case you're looking to lug around your camera frequently, you will need to consider its weight and proportions. The Sony W370 enjoys external dimensions of 100mm x 57mm x 26mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 1.0") having a weight of 179 grams (0.39 lbs) while the Sony A58 has measurements of 129mm x 95mm x 78mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 3.1") and a weight of 492 grams (1.08 lbs).

Contrast the Sony W370 versus Sony A58 in the new Camera and Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you are working with at that moment. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the W370 vs the A58.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the W370 and A58 is 94 and 68 respectively.

Generally, it is hard to picture the gap in sensor measurements merely by going through technical specs. The visual here might give you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the W370 and A58.

As you have seen, both of those cameras have got different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The W370 with its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF trickier and the Sony A58 will produce more detail using its extra 6 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The older W370 will be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.