Both Sony A6000 and Canon SL2 have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Sony A6000's sensor is APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm ) and Canon SL2's sensor is APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm ).
Since Sony A6000's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Canon SL2.
Below you can see the A6000 and SL2 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Sony A6000 has a 1.1x Larger sensor area than Canon SL2. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Sony A6000 and Canon SL2 sensors have been tested by DxoMark. DxoMark scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Of the two cameras that we are comparing, A6000 has scored 82, 3 points higher than SL2.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Sony A6000 |
82 |
24.1 bits |
13.1 Evs |
1347 ISO |
Canon SL2 |
79 |
23.6 bits |
13.4 Evs |
1041 ISO |