Sony WX10 vs Sony A77

Below is a in depth overview of the Sony WX10 versus Sony A77, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced DSLR and both are produced by Sony. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the WX10 (16MP) and A77 (24MP) and the WX10 (1/2.3") and A77 (APS-C) come with totally different sensor measurements.

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The WX10 was announced 9 months prior to the A77 and they are both of a similar age. Each of these cameras come with different body type with the Sony WX10 being a Compact camera and the Sony A77 being a Mid-size SLR camera.

Before getting in to a in depth comparison, below is a quick introduction of how the WX10 scores vs the A77 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX10 & Sony SLT-A77. The whole galleries are viewable at Sony WX10 Gallery & Sony A77 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Sony WX10 provides outside measurements of 95mm x 54mm x 23mm (3.7" x 2.1" x 0.9") with a weight of 161 grams (0.35 lbs) and the Sony A77 has dimensions of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") having a weight of 732 grams (1.61 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are working with at that moment. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the WX10 versus the A77.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the WX10 and A77 is 95 and 59 respectively.

Normally, it can be tough to envision the gap in sensor measurements purely by checking out specifications. The photograph here will help provide you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the WX10 and A77.

Plainly, both of these cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The WX10 with its smaller sensor will make achieving shallower DOF harder and the Sony A77 will show greater detail with its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older WX10 will be behind in sensor innovation.