Both Nikon D7000 and Canon SX60 HS have 16.0 MP resolution sensors but Nikon D7000's sensor is APS-C (23.6 x 15.7 mm ) and Canon SX60 HS's sensor is 1/2.3 (6.17 x 4.55 mm ).
Since Nikon D7000'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 SX60 HS.
Below you can see the D7000 and SX60 HS sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Nikon D7000 has a 13.2x Larger sensor area than Canon SX60 HS. 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 Nikon D7000 and Canon SX60 HS 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, D7000 has scored 80, 41 points higher than SX60 HS.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Nikon D7000 |
80 |
23.5 bits |
13.9 Evs |
1167 ISO |
Canon SX60 HS |
39 |
19.2 bits |
10.1 Evs |
127 ISO |