Sony WX70 vs Sony A68

Let's look a little more closely at the Sony WX70 vs Sony A68, former is a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Entry-Level DSLR and they are both built by Sony. There exists a considerable gap between the sensor resolutions of the WX70 (16MP) and A68 (24MP) and the WX70 (1/2.3") and A68 (APS-C) offer totally different sensor size.

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The WX70 was brought out 4 years prior to the A68 which is quite a large difference as far as technology is concerned. Each of these cameras have different body design with the Sony WX70 being a Compact camera and the Sony A68 being a Compact SLR camera.

Before diving into a more detailed comparison, here is a simple highlight of how the WX70 matches up vs the A68 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX70 & Sony SLT-A68. The entire galleries are viewable at Sony WX70 Gallery & Sony A68 Gallery.

If you're planning to travel with your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and measurements. The Sony WX70 enjoys outer measurements of 92mm x 52mm x 19mm (3.6" x 2.0" x 0.7") having a weight of 114 grams (0.25 lbs) whilst the Sony A68 has proportions of 143mm x 104mm x 81mm (5.6" x 4.1" x 3.2") along with a weight of 610 grams (1.34 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an ILC will differ dependant on the lens you have at the time. Below is a front view measurement comparison of the WX70 vs the A68.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the WX70 and A68 is 97 and 64 respectively.

Sometimes, its difficult to envision the difference between sensor dimensions only by looking at a spec sheet. The pic here will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the WX70 and A68.

As you can see, both of those cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The WX70 because of its tinier sensor will make getting shallow depth of field more difficult and the Sony A68 will resolve greater detail having its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop photos more aggressively. The more aged WX70 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.