Sony W610 vs Sony A68

Let's look a little more in depth at the Sony W610 versus Sony A68, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the other is a Entry-Level DSLR and both of them are designed by Sony. There exists a crucial gap among the image resolutions of the W610 (14MP) and A68 (24MP) and the W610 (1/2.3") and A68 (APS-C) use totally different sensor sizes.

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The W610 was launched 4 years before the A68 and that is a fairly serious gap as far as camera technology is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony W610 being a Compact camera and the Sony A68 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before getting straight into a thorough comparison, below is a concise highlight of how the W610 matches up against the A68 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610 and Sony SLT-A68. The complete galleries are provided at Sony W610 Gallery and Sony A68 Gallery.

For anybody who is looking to lug around your camera often, you will have to take into account its weight and proportions. The Sony W610 provides outer measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.7") and a weight of 113 grams (0.25 lbs) whilst the Sony A68 has measurements of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") having a weight of 610 grams (1.34 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary depending on the lens you are working with at that moment. Below is the front view sizing comparison of the W610 versus the A68.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the W610 and A68 is 97 and 64 respectively.

Quite often, its difficult to visualise the contrast in sensor measurements only by seeing specs. The graphic below should provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the W610 and A68.

All in all, each of these cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The W610 due to its smaller sensor will make getting bokeh trickier and the Sony A68 will show extra detail utilizing its extra 10 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also help you crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older W610 will be behind with regard to sensor tech.