Size and weight is a big decision factor when you are trying to find the ideal camera for your needs.
In this section, We are going to illustrate Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 side-by-side from the front, back and top in their relative dimensions. Sony A7S has external dimensions of 127 x 94 x 48 mm (5 x 3.7 x 1.89″) and weighs 489 g (1.08 lb / 17.25 oz) (including batteries). Pentax Q7 has external dimensions of 102 x 58 x 34 mm (4.02 x 2.28 x 1.34″) and weighs 200 g (0.44 lb / 7.05 oz) (including batteries).
Below you can see the front view size comparison of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7. Pentax Q7 is clearly the smaller of the two cameras. Its body is 25mm narrower, 36mm shorter and 14mm thinner than Sony A7S.
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Comparison image of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 Size, Weight and External Dimensions - Front View
Here is the back view size comparison of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7.
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Comparison image of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 Size and Weight - Back View
Now lets look at the top view comparison of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7.
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Top View Comparison image of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 Size
Weight is another important factor especially when deciding on a camera that you want to carry with you all day.
Pentax Q7 is significantly lighter (289g ) than the Sony A7S which may become a big advantage especially on long walking trips.
Also keep in mind that body weight is not the only deciding factor when comparing two interchangeable camera bodies, you have to also take into account the lenses that you will be using with these bodies. Since Sony A7S has a Full frame sensor and Pentax Q7 has a smaller 1/1.7" sensor, Pentax Q7's lenses for a similar focal length and aperture will generally be lighter and smaller than the Sony A7S lenses.
Weight Comparison
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Thickness Comparison
Mirrorless Cameras
Weather Sealing
With its weather sealed body, we believe that A7S has a big advantage over Q7 which doesn't provide any kind of environmental sealing.
LCD Screen Size and Features
Sony A7S and Pentax Q7's LCD screens has the same diagonal size of 3.
On the other hand, Sony A7S features a
Tilting screen where you can change the angle of the screen to make it easier to shoot from waist or over the head levels whereas the Pentax Q7 has a fixed type screen which provides less flexibility in shooting positions compared to A7S.
Both Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 have 12.0 MP resolution sensors but Sony A7S's sensor is Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm ) and Pentax Q7's sensor is 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm ).
Since Sony A7S'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 Pentax Q7.
Below you can see the A7S and Q7 sensor size comparison.
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Sensor Size and Resolution Comparison image of Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 Cameras
As seen above, Sony A7S has a 20.6x Larger sensor area than Pentax Q7. 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.
Number of available lenses is a big decision factor while choosing your interchangeable lens camera. When we look at the available lenses for these two cameras, we see that Sony A7S has an advantage over Pentax Q7. There are 128 lenses for Sony A7S's Sony E mount, on the other hand there are only 8 lenses for Pentax Q7's Pentax Q lens mount.
Another important factor is the availability of image stabilization. Pentax Q7 has a big advantage in this regard because it has a sensor based image stabilization which means that all the lenses mounted to this body will be stabilized. On the other hand, Sony A7S doesn't have this feature so you have to buy a lens with optical stabilization feature. Currently there are 31 lenses for Sony E mount with Optical Image Stabilization features.
| Lens Type |
# of Sony A7S Lenses |
# of Pentax Q7 Lenses |
| Standard Zoom |
12 (9 Full Frame) |
1 |
| Standard Prime |
18 (9 Full Frame) |
2 |
| Wideangle Zoom |
7 (6 Full Frame) |
1 |
| Wideangle Prime |
42 (26 Full Frame) |
1 |
| Telephoto Zoom |
9 (7 Full Frame) |
1 |
| Telephoto Prime |
18 (14 Full Frame) |
1 |
| SuperZoom |
8 (1 Full Frame) |
n/a |
| Wideangle Fisheye Prime |
2 (0 Full Frame) |
1 |
| Macro Prime |
8 (7 Full Frame) |
n/a |
| Perspective Control Prime |
2 (2 Full Frame) |
n/a |
| Telephoto Mirror Prime |
n/a |
n/a |
| TOTAL |
128 (81 Full Frame) |
8 |
In this section, we rank and compare Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 for five different photography types in order to make your decision process easier in case you are specifically interested in one or more of these areas.
Sony A7S for Portrait Photography
Pentax Q7 for Portrait Photography
Large Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) sensor
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP
No Image Stabilization
Read the details
Image Stabilization
Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP
Optional External Viewfinder
Average Ergonomics&Handling
Small 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor
Read the details
Sony A7S for Street Photography
Pentax Q7 for Street Photography
Large Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) sensor
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
Tilting LCD Screen
Medium sized Body
No Image Stabilization
Read the details
Image Stabilization
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
Optional External Viewfinder
Medium sized Body
Small 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor
Read the details
Sony A7S for Sports Photography
Pentax Q7 for Sports Photography
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
Environmental Sealings
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/8000s
25 Focus Points
Good Low Light ISO
Wireless Connection
Average Continuous Shooting: 5.0fps
No Image Stabilization
Read the details
Image Stabilization
Optional External Viewfinder
Average Ergonomics&Handling
Average Continuous Shooting: 5.0fps
Average Max shutter speed: 1/2000s
Environmental Sealings
Unknown Focus Points
Poor Battery Life: 250 shots
Read the details
Sony A7S for Daily Photography
Pentax Q7 for Daily Photography
Large Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) sensor
Environmental Sealings
Medium size Body
489g
Body Thickness 48mm
Read the details
Sony A7S for Landscape Photography
Pentax Q7 for Landscape Photography
Large Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) sensor
Environmental Sealings
Live-view
Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP
Read the details
Live-view
Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP
Small 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sensor
No Environmental Sealings
Read the details
You may have already made your decision about which camera suits better for your needs and your budget so far but in case you wonder how we rated Sony A7S and Pentax Q7, below you can find their scores in five different aspects.
Our Decision Algorithm dynamically scores cameras using 63 different specs, current price and DxO Mark scores (where possible) in order to make a more objective and consistent comparison.
Here is a summary of how Sony A7S and Pentax Q7 scores compare:
Sony A7S
Ranked
#39 out of 86 in SLR-style mirrorless cameras
Ranked
#71 out of 1220 in all Cameras
Pentax Q7
Ranked
#83 out of 126 in Rangefinder-style mirrorless cameras
Ranked
#370 out of 1220 in all Cameras
Sony A7S is the overall winner of this comparison. It has a higher Overall Score and beats Pentax Q7 in all criteria except one: Portability. Pentax Q7 is significantly smaller than Sony A7S. If small size and light body is a big priority for you, choose Pentax Q7. Otherwise, Sony A7S is the better camera overall.
| General |
Sony Alpha A7S |
Pentax Q7 |
| Brand |
Sony |
Pentax |
| Announced |
2014-04-06 |
2013-08-08 |
| Body Type |
SLR-style mirrorless |
Rangefinder-style mirrorless |
Sensor |
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| Type |
CMOS |
BSI-CMOS |
| Size |
Full frame |
1/1.7" |
| Dimensions |
35.8 x 23.9 mm |
7.44 x 5.58 mm |
| Area |
855.62mm2 |
41.52mm2 |
| Megapixels |
12 megapixels |
12 megapixels |
| Max Resolution |
4240 x 2832 |
4000 x 3000 |
| Max Native Light sensitivity |
409,600 ISO |
12,800 ISO |
| Min Native Light sensitivity |
100 ISO |
100 ISO |
| RAW Support |
|
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Autofocus |
|
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| AF Touch |
|
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| AF Continuous |
|
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| AF Single |
|
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| AF Tracking |
|
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| AF Selective |
|
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| AF Center |
|
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| AF Multi Area |
|
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| AF Live View |
|
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| AF Face Detection |
|
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| AF Contrast Detection |
|
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| AF Phase Detection |
|
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| Number of Focus Points |
25 |
n/a |
Lens |
|
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| Manual Focus |
|
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| Lens Mount |
Sony E |
Pentax Q |
| Number of Available Lenses |
128 |
8 |
Screen |
|
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| Type |
Tilting |
Fixed type |
| Size |
3 |
3" |
| Resolution |
1,230k dots |
460k dots |
| Touch Screen |
|
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Viewfinder |
|
|
| Viewfinder |
Electronic |
Optical (optional) |
| Viewfinder Resolution |
2,359k dots |
no electronic viewfinder |
| Viewfinder Coverage |
100% |
n/a |
| Viewfinder Magnification |
0.71x |
n/a |
Photography Features |
|
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| Max Mechanical Shutter |
1/8000s |
1/2000s |
| Shutter Priority |
|
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| Aperture Priority |
|
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| Manual Exposure Mode |
|
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| Custom White Balance |
|
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| Image Stabilization |
No |
Sensor-shift |
| Built-in Flash |
|
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| Flash Range |
no built-in flash |
4.90 m (ISO100/m) |
| Max Flash Sync |
n/a |
1/2000s |
| External Flash |
|
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| Continuous Shooting |
5.0 fps |
5.0 fps |
| Multi-Segment |
|
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| Average |
|
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| Spot |
|
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| Partial |
|
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| AF-Area |
|
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| Center Weighted |
|
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| AE Bracketing |
|
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| WB Bracketing |
|
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Video Features |
|
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| Max Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 |
1920 x 1080 |
| Video Formats |
MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC |
MPEG-4, H.264 |
| Microphone Port |
|
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| Headphone Port |
|
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Connectivity |
|
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| Wireless Connectivity |
Built-In |
Eye-Fi Connected |
| HDMI |
|
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Physical |
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| Environmental Sealing |
|
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| Weight |
489g |
200g |
| Dimensions |
127 x 94 x 48mm |
102 x 58 x 34mm |
| Battery Life |
360 shots |
250 shots |
Other Features |
|
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| Timelapse Recording |
With Downloadable App |
|
| GPS |
None |
None |
DxO Sensor Scores |
|
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| DxO Overall Score |
87 |
not tested |
| DxO Color Depth |
23.9 |
not tested |
| DxO Dynamic Range |
13.2 |
not tested |
| DxO Low Light ISO |
3702 |
not tested |
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