Sony W830 vs Sony A37

Lets look closer at the Sony W830 vs Sony A37, former being a Ultracompact while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR and both are produced by Sony. There is a large difference between the sensor resolutions of the W830 (20MP) and A37 (16MP) and the W830 (1/2.3") and A37 (APS-C) use different sensor measurements.

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The W830 was revealed 21 months later than the A37 making the cameras a generation apart from each other. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Sony W830 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony A37 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before we go through a detailed comparison, below is a brief view of how the W830 scores against the A37 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830 & Sony SLT-A37. The full galleries are provided at Sony W830 Gallery & Sony A37 Gallery.

If you're looking to carry your camera, you are going to need to take into account its weight and volume. The Sony W830 comes with outer dimensions of 93mm x 52mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.0" x 0.9") and a weight of 122 grams (0.27 lbs) while the Sony A37 has sizing of 124mm x 92mm x 85mm (4.9" x 3.6" x 3.3") having a weight of 506 grams (1.12 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you choose at that time. Here is the front view dimension comparison of the W830 vs the A37.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the W830 and A37 is 96 and 67 respectively.

Generally, it is very tough to picture the contrast between sensor sizing just by reading through specifications. The graphic below might offer you a far better sense of the sensor dimensions in the W830 and A37.

To sum up, the two cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The W830 with its tinier sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field more challenging and the Sony W830 will give extra detail because of its extra 4MP. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop pics much more aggressively. The fresher W830 should have a benefit in sensor innovation.