Both Sony A6300 and Nikon D610 have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Sony A6300's sensor is APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm ) and Nikon D610's sensor is Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm ).
Since Nikon D610'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 Sony A6300.
Below you can see the A6300 and D610 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Nikon D610 has a 2.4x Larger sensor area than Sony A6300. 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
DxOMark is a benchmark that scientifically assesses image quality of camera sensors. It 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. Sony A6300 and Nikon D610 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that D610 has a better overall score of 94, 9 points higher compared to A6300's score of 85.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Sony A6300 |
85 |
24.4 bits |
13.7 Evs |
1437 ISO |
Nikon D610 |
94 |
25.1 bits |
14.4 Evs |
2925 ISO |