Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 vs. Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 and Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 vs. Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - compact Digital camera - 4K - compact
Lens Included Carl Zeiss -
Height 5.81 cm 6.09 cm
Width 10.2 cm 10.55 cm
Depth 3.55 cm 4.14 cm
Weight 216 g 280 g
Weight Details Camera only: 216 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 242 g
Camera only: 280 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 304 g
Enclosure Colour Black Black | Silver
Digital Zoom 120x 4x
Optical Zoom 28x 4.2x
SENSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Sensor Resolution 18.2 Megapixel 20.1 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Exmor R CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels - 20,900,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 18,200,000 pixels 20,100,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3" 1.0"
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 30 fps
Image Stabiliser Optical (Steady Shot with Intelligent Active Mode) Optical (Intelligent IS with 5-axis Advanced Dynamic Mode)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes Yes
PROCESSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Image Processor BIONZ X DIGIC 8
LENS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Type Carl Zeiss zoom lens - 28x zoom - 4.25 - 118 mm - f/3.5-6.4 Vario-Sonnar T* Zoom lens - 4.2x zoom - 8.8 - 36.8 mm - f/1.8-2.8
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 24 - 720mm 24 - 100mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance 5 cm 5 cm
Macro Focus Range - 5-50cm
Max View Angle 84 degree(s) -
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive Motorised drive
Lens Construction 10 groups / 11 elements 9 groups / 11 elements
Features Built-in lens shield, aspherical lens UD glass, built-in lens shield, aspherical lens, UA lens
FOCUSING Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty - 31
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF
Face Detection Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function, Smile Shutter Automatic Face Tracking technology, Face Detection AF/AE
VIEWFINDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED -
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.2" -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.5x -
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
ISO (Max) 12800 25600
Native ISO - 125-12800
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto (80-3200), ISO 12800 ISO 25600, ISO auto (125-12800), ISO 125-12800
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes Dynamic Range Bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing Focus bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing
Shooting Programs - Portrait mode, self-portrait, fireworks, panorama assist, panning, high dynamic, fisheye effect, miniature effect, toy camera effect, soft focus, star nightscape, star trails, star time-lapse movie, handheld night scene, star portrait, grainy monochrome, oil painting effect, water-painting effect, background defocus
Special Effects Soft focus, illustration, Water Colour, miniature, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key Neutral, Custom Effect, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (daylight white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed - 1/25600 sec
Min Shutter Speed - 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
DISPLAY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 921,600 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Tilting Folding
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control
FLASH Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features AF illuminator Flash +/- compensation
Effective Flash Range 0.3 m - 5.4 m: ISO auto (wide lens)
2.5 m - 3 m: ISO auto (tele lens)
0.5 m - 7 m (wide lens)
0.4 m - 4 m (tele lens)
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Digital Video Format AVCHD, XAVC S H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - AAC
Surround Sound Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording -
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction -
MEMORY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Memory Card Slot Memory Stick Micro (M2) card, SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick Micro Mark2 SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card - 64 GB SDXC
Memory Card Included No Yes
Image Storage - RAW 5472 x 3648
JPEG 5472 x 3648
JPEG 3648 x 2432
JPEG 2736 x 1824
JPEG 2400 x 1600
JPEG 5472 x 3072
JPEG 3648 x 2048
JPEG 2736 x 1536
JPEG 2400 x 1344
JPEG 4864 x 3648
JPEG 3248 x 2432
JPEG 2432 x 1824
JPEG 2112 x 1600
JPEG 3648 x 3648
JPEG 2432 x 2432
JPEG 1824 x 1824
JPEG 1600 x 1600
Video Capture - H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 119.9 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 59.94 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Battery Type Sony NP-BX1 Lithium Ion Canon NB-13L Lithium Ion
Details Sony NP-BX1 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1240 mAh (included) Canon NB-13L Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1250 mAh (included)
Battery Life - Photo shooting - 265 shots
Photo shooting - 320 shots (ECO mode)
Playback - 5 hours
CONNECTIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Interface HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1 HDMI, USB-C, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view Wireless Image Transfer, Live streaming
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Connector Type USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
USB (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone 3.5mm)
FEATURES Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed - 8 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 30 frames per second
HDR Mode - HDR Movie mode
Additional Features Saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, brightness control, contrast control, USB charging, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Touch Shutter technology, Clear Image Zoom, high ISO speed noise reduction, BRAVIA Sync function, GPS via mobile Digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, USB charging, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, Backlight Correction HDR, Panorama Capture, Time-Lapse recording, primary colour filter, GPS via mobile, RAW burst mode, vertical video support
OTHERS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Included Accessories AC power adaptor, wrist strap, micro-USB cable Battery charger, remote control, wrist strap, shooting grip / mini tripod
Software - Canon Digital Photo Professional, Canon Image Transfer Utility
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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