Sony W730 vs Sony A77

Let's look a little more in depth at the Sony W730 versus Sony A77, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced DSLR and both are designed by Sony. There exists a noticeable gap among the sensor resolutions of the W730 (16MP) and A77 (24MP) and the W730 (1/2.3") and A77 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor size.

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The W730 was manufactured 15 months after the A77 making them a generation away from one another. Both the cameras have different body design with the Sony W730 being a Compact camera and the Sony A77 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before going right into a in depth comparison, here is a concise highlight of how the W730 matches up vs the A77 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W730 & Sony SLT-A77. The entire galleries are provided at Sony W730 Gallery & Sony A77 Gallery.

If you are planning to travel with your camera regularly, you will need to factor its weight and volume. The Sony W730 offers external measurements of 93mm x 52mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") accompanied by a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs) whilst the Sony A77 has sizing of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") along with a weight of 732 grams (1.61 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you are employing during that time. Below is a front view dimensions comparison of the W730 and the A77.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the W730 and A77 is 96 and 59 respectively.

Typically, it can be hard to visualise the gap in sensor dimensions just by viewing technical specs. The picture below may offer you a more clear sense of the sensor measurements in the W730 and A77.

As you can tell, both the cameras have different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The W730 because of its smaller sensor will make getting shallow DOF trickier and the Sony A77 will render extra detail due to its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop photos a bit more aggressively. The newer W730 is going to have an advantage with regard to sensor technology.