Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 vs. Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 and Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 vs. Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Product Type Digital camera - 720p - compact Digital camera - 4K - compact
Height 5.55 cm 6.09 cm
Width 9.68 cm 11.09 cm
Depth 2.09 cm 4.6 cm
Weight 111 g 316 g
Weight Details Camera only: 111 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 127 g
Camera only: 316 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 340 g
Enclosure Colour Silver | Black | Pink -
Digital Zoom - 4x
Optical Zoom 6x 5x
SENSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Sensor Resolution 20.1 Megapixel 20.1 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Super HAD CCD CMOS
Total Pixels 20,400,000 pixels 20,900,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 20,100,000 pixels 20,100,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3" 1.0"
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 30 fps
Image Stabiliser Electronic (Steady Shot) Optical (5-axis Dynamic Image Stabiliser)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
PROCESSOR Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Image Processor - DIGIC 8
LENS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Type Zoom lens - 6x zoom - 4.6 - 27.6 mm - f/3.5-6.5 G Zoom lens - 5x zoom - 8.8 - 44 mm - f/1.8-2.8
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 26 - 156mm 24 - 120mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance 5 cm 5 cm
Macro Focus Range - 5-50cm
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive Motorised drive
Lens Construction - 11 groups / 13 elements
Features Built-in lens shield UD glass, built-in lens shield, aspherical lens, UA lens
FOCUSING Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
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 and Drag AF
Face Detection Smile Shutter Automatic Face Tracking technology, Face Detection AF/AE
VIEWFINDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Viewfinder Type - Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,360,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage - 100%
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range - -3 to +1
Features - Auto eye sensor, pop-up
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
ISO (Max) 3200 25600
Native ISO - 125-12800
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-800, ISO auto (100-800) ISO 25600, ISO auto (125-12800), ISO 125-12800
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Shooting Programs Landscape, night portrait, PET, night scene, beach, snow, high sensitivity, soft skin, gourmet Portrait mode, self-portrait, fireworks, panning, Underwater, 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, backlight hard, background defocus
Special Effects Partial colour, Toy camera, Pop Colour, Soft High-key Neutral, Custom Effect, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, fluorescent light (daylight white), fluorescent light (natural white), fluorescent light (white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec 1/25600 sec
Min Shutter Speed 2 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
DISPLAY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Type 2.7" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 230,400 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control
FLASH Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Camera Flash Built-in flash Pop-up flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features AF illuminator Flash +/- compensation
Effective Flash Range 0.4 m - 3.2 m: ISO auto (wide lens)
1 m - 1.74 m: ISO auto (tele lens)
6.5 m: ISO 3200 (wide lens)
3.5 m: ISO 3200 (tele lens)
0.5 m - 7 m (wide lens)
0.4 m - 4 m (tele lens)
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1280 x 720 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
MEMORY Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Memory Card Slot Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards Memory Stick Duo, SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card 8 GB SDHC -
Memory Card Included Yes No
Image Storage JPEG 5152 x 3864
JPEG 3648 x 2736
JPEG 5152 x 2896
JPEG 2592 x 1944
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 640 x 480
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 AVI - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 9Mbps
AVI - 640 x 480 p - 30 fps - 3Mbps
AVI - 320 x 240 p - 30 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 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-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Battery Type Sony NP-BN Lithium Ion Canon NB-13L Lithium Ion
Details Sony NP-BN Li-ion rechargeable battery - 630 mAh (included) Canon NB-13L Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1250 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 200 shots Photo shooting - 230 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 180 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 320 shots (ECO mode)
Video recording - 55 minutes (EVF on)
Video recording - 45 minutes (LCD Monitor on)
Playback - 5 hours
CONNECTIONS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0 HDMI, USB-C, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1
Supported Host Device Platform - iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS
Print Standard DPOF support, PRINT Image Matching Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Connector Type USB / AV output USB (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 0.52 frames per second 8 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 30 frames per second
HDR Mode - HDR Movie mode
Additional Features Built-in speaker, auto power save, digital image rotation, cropping an image, in-camera red-eye fix, face detection, USB charging, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Eye-Fi Card Ready, 360 Sweep Panorama technology Digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, USB charging, Backlight Correction HDR, Panorama Capture, Time-Lapse recording, primary colour filter, GPS via mobile, RAW burst mode
OTHERS Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810 Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
Included Accessories AC power adaptor, wrist strap, video / audio / USB cable, neoprene case Battery charger, wrist strap, additional battery
Software Sony PlayMemories Home Canon Digital Photo Professional, Canon Map Utility, Canon Image Transfer Utility, Canon CameraWindow DC
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support Limited warranty - 1 year Limited warranty - 2 years
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