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 A6600 and Nikon D610 side-by-side from the front, back and top in their relative dimensions. Sony A6600 has external dimensions of 120 x 67 x 69 mm (4.72 x 2.64 x 2.72″) and weighs 503 g (1.11 lb / 17.74 oz) (including batteries). Nikon D610 has external dimensions of 141 x 113 x 82 mm (5.55 x 4.45 x 3.23″) and weighs 850 g (1.87 lb / 29.98 oz) (including batteries).
Below you can see the front view size comparison of Sony A6600 and Nikon D610. Sony A6600 is clearly the smaller of the two cameras. Its body is 21mm narrower, 46mm shorter and 13mm thinner than Nikon D610.
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Comparison image of Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 Size, Weight and External Dimensions - Front View
Now lets look at the top view comparison of Sony A6600 and Nikon D610.
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Top View Comparison image of Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 Size
Weight is another important factor especially when deciding on a camera that you want to carry with you all day.
Sony A6600 is significantly lighter (347g ) than the Nikon D610 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 Nikon D610 has a Full frame sensor and Sony A6600 has a smaller APS-C sensor, Sony A6600's lenses for a similar focal length and aperture will generally be lighter and smaller than the Nikon D610 lenses.
Weight Comparison
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Thickness Comparison
DSLR Cameras
Weather Sealing
Both A6600 and D610 have weather sealings in their body, making them resistant to water and dust.
LCD Screen Size and Features
Nikon D610's 3.2" LCD screen is slightly larger than Sony A6600's 3" screen.
On the other hand, Sony A6600 LCD screen has a
Tilting feature where you can change the angle of the screen to make it easier to shoot from waist or over the head levels. On the other hand, Nikon D610 has a fixed type screen which provides less flexibility in shooting positions compared to A6600.
Both Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Sony A6600'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 A6600.
Below you can see the A6600 and D610 sensor size comparison.
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Sensor Size and Resolution Comparison image of Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 Cameras
As seen above, Nikon D610 has a 2.4x Larger sensor area than Sony A6600. 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 A6600 and Nikon D610 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that D610 has a better overall score of 94, 12 points higher compared to A6600's score of 82.
| Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
|
Sony A6600 |
82 |
23.8 bits |
13.4 Evs |
1497 ISO |
|
Nikon D610 |
94 |
25.1 bits |
14.4 Evs |
2925 ISO |
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 Nikon D610 has an advantage over Sony A6600 There are 309 lenses for Nikon D610's Nikon F mount, on the other hand there are only 128 lenses for Sony A6600's Sony E lens mount.
Another important factor is the availability of image stabilization. Sony A6600 has a big advantage in this regard because it has a sensor based image stabilization (IS) which means that all the lenses mounted to this body will be stabilized. On the other hand, Nikon D610 doesn't have this feature so you have to buy a lens with optical stabilization feature. Currently there are 106 lenses for Nikon F mount with Optical Image Stabilization features.
| Lens Type |
# of Sony A6600 Lenses |
# of Nikon D610 Lenses |
| Standard Zoom |
12 |
33 (17 Full Frame) |
| Standard Prime |
18 |
21 (18 Full Frame) |
| Wideangle Zoom |
7 |
33 (17 Full Frame) |
| Wideangle Prime |
42 |
48 (46 Full Frame) |
| Telephoto Zoom |
9 |
53 (43 Full Frame) |
| Telephoto Prime |
18 |
45 (44 Full Frame) |
| SuperZoom |
8 |
30 (6 Full Frame) |
| Wideangle Fisheye Prime |
2 |
8 (3 Full Frame) |
| Macro Prime |
8 |
26 (23 Full Frame) |
| Perspective Control Prime |
2 |
11 (11 Full Frame) |
| Telephoto Mirror Prime |
n/a |
1 (0 Full Frame) |
| TOTAL |
128 |
309 (228 Full Frame) |
Now let's compare some sample lenses from each mount with typical Focal ranges for Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 to see how these lenses compares:
Fast Standard Zoom Lenses
Fast Tele Zoom Equivalent Lenses
Fast Normal Prime Equivalent Lenses
Fast Wideangle Zoom Equivalent Lenses
24-105mm f4 Equivalent Lenses
Super-Tele Zoom Equivalent Lenses
In this section, we rank and compare Sony A6600 and Nikon D610 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 A6600 for Portrait Photography
Nikon D610 for Portrait Photography
Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 24.0MP
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Average Ergonomics&Handling
Read the details
Large Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 24.0MP
Optical Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
No Image Stabilization
Read the details
Sony A6600 for Street Photography
Nikon D610 for Street Photography
Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sensor
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
Tilting LCD Screen
Medium sized Body
Read the details
Large Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm) sensor
Optical Built-in Viewfinder
Live-view
Face-Detection Focusing
No Image Stabilization
Large Body
Read the details
Sony A6600 for Sports Photography
Nikon D610 for Sports Photography
Image Stabilization
Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
Fast Continuous Shooting: 11.0fps
Environmental Sealings
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/4000s
425 Focus Points
Good Battery Life: 810 shots
Good Low Light ISO
Wireless Connection
Average Ergonomics&Handling
Read the details
Optical Built-in Viewfinder
Good Ergonomics&Handling
Environmental Sealings
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/4000s
9 Cross Type Focus sensors
39 Focus Points
Good Battery Life: 900 shots
Good Low Light ISO
Average Continuous Shooting: 6.0fps
No Image Stabilization
Read the details
Sony A6600 for Daily Photography
Nikon D610 for Daily Photography
Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sensor
Environmental Sealings
Medium size Body
503g
Body Thickness 69mm
Read the details
Large Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm) sensor
Environmental Sealings
Large Body
850g
Body Thickness 82mm
Read the details
Sony A6600 for Landscape Photography
Nikon D610 for Landscape Photography
Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 24.0MP
Environmental Sealings
Live-view
Read the details
Large Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm) sensor
Very High Resolution Sensor: 24.0MP
Environmental Sealings
Live-view
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 A6600 and Nikon D610, 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 A6600 and Nikon D610 scores compare:
Sony A6600
Ranked
#4 out of 126 in Rangefinder-style mirrorless cameras
Ranked
#51 out of 1220 in all Cameras
Nikon D610
Ranked
#20 out of 94 in Mid-size SLR cameras
Ranked
#73 out of 1220 in all Cameras
Sony A6600 has a higher Overall Score than the Nikon D610. It also has more features, more compact body and offers higher value for the money. But there is one area that A6600 trails behind the D610: Imaging.
If image quality is the most important aspect in a camera, choose the Nikon D610. If not, we recommend the Sony A6600.
| General |
Sony Alpha a6600 |
Nikon D610 |
| Brand |
Sony |
Nikon |
| Announced |
2019-08-28 |
2013-10-08 |
| Body Type |
Rangefinder-style mirrorless |
Mid-size SLR |
Sensor |
|
|
| Type |
CMOS |
CMOS |
| Size |
APS-C |
Full frame |
| Dimensions |
23.5 x 15.6 mm |
35.9 x 24 mm |
| Area |
366.60mm2 |
861.60mm2 |
| Megapixels |
24 megapixels |
24 megapixels |
| Max Resolution |
6000 x 4000 |
6016 x 4016 |
| Max Native Light sensitivity |
32,000 ISO |
6,400 ISO |
| Max Boosted Light Sensitivity |
102400 ISO |
25600 ISO |
| Min Native Light sensitivity |
100 ISO |
100 ISO |
| RAW Support |
|
|
Autofocus |
|
|
| AF Touch |
|
|
| AF Continuous |
|
|
| AF Single |
|
|
| AF Tracking |
|
|
| AF Selective |
|
|
| AF Center |
|
|
| AF Multi Area |
|
|
| AF Live View |
|
|
| AF Face Detection |
|
|
| AF Contrast Detection |
|
|
| AF Phase Detection |
|
|
| Number of Focus Points |
425 |
39 |
Lens |
|
|
| Manual Focus |
|
|
| Lens Mount |
Sony E |
Nikon F |
| Number of Available Lenses |
128 |
309 |
Screen |
|
|
| Type |
Tilting |
Fixed type |
| Size |
3" |
3.2" |
| Resolution |
922k dots |
921k dots |
| Touch Screen |
|
|
Viewfinder |
|
|
| Viewfinder |
Electronic |
Optical (pentaprism) |
| Viewfinder Resolution |
2,359k dots |
no electronic viewfinder |
| Viewfinder Coverage |
100% |
100% |
| Viewfinder Magnification |
0.71x |
0.7x |
Photography Features |
|
|
| Max Mechanical Shutter |
1/4000s |
1/4000s |
| Shutter Priority |
|
|
| Aperture Priority |
|
|
| Manual Exposure Mode |
|
|
| Custom White Balance |
|
|
| Image Stabilization |
Sensor-shift |
No |
| Built-in Flash |
|
|
| Flash Range |
no built-in flash |
12.00 m (at ISO 100) |
| Max Flash Sync |
n/a |
1/200s |
| External Flash |
|
|
| Continuous Shooting |
11.0 fps |
6.0 fps |
| Multi-Segment |
|
|
| Average |
|
|
| Spot |
|
|
| Partial |
|
|
| AF-Area |
|
|
| Center Weighted |
|
|
| AE Bracketing |
|
|
| WB Bracketing |
|
|
Video Features |
|
|
| Max Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 |
1920 x 1080 |
| Video Formats |
MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC S |
MPEG-4, H.264 |
| Microphone Port |
|
|
| Headphone Port |
|
|
Connectivity |
|
|
| Wireless Connectivity |
Built-In |
Optional |
| HDMI |
|
|
Physical |
|
|
| Environmental Sealing |
|
|
| Weight |
503g |
850g |
| Dimensions |
120 x 67 x 69mm |
141 x 113 x 82mm |
| Battery Life |
810 shots |
900 shots |
Other Features |
|
|
| Timelapse Recording |
|
|
| GPS |
None |
Optional |
DxO Sensor Scores |
|
|
| DxO Overall Score |
82 |
94 |
| DxO Color Depth |
23.8 |
25.1 |
| DxO Dynamic Range |
13.4 |
14.4 |
| DxO Low Light ISO |
1497 |
2925 |
|
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