Doing a comparative study of Nikon D3200 and Sony SLT A58 is challenging, and choosing the winner is surely tough. As prices of both the products are close, this criterion is left out of the comparison. The combat between these two gadgets has to be based on the features they come with, and the performance they offer.
Most notable points in favor of D3200 are great image quality (81.0), low noise at high ISO (1,131), great depth color (24.1 bits), and full HD (1080p @ 30fps). If you ask to show four reasons to buy SLT A58, they will be wide dynamic range (12.5 EV), great color depth (23.3 bits), 1080p @ 30fps Full HD, and large view-finder to the tune of 0.65x.
Common Strengths and Weaknesses
Before checking out how both the cameras fare on the basis of specifications and features, let us first eye through the common strengths and weaknesses. One of the greatest strengths in both is the ability to focus continuously while recording movies. Their prices are reasonable. In fact, these products are light weighted, and therefore, you will find it easier to handle the devices and take great snaps seamlessly.
However, there are many common weaknesses too in Sony SLT A58 as well as Nikon D3200. These are absence of flipper screens, weather shield, and support for 3D support. Both have few cross type focus points. While SLT A58 has three, D3200 comes with just one. Two additional common weaknesses that directly affect the performance of these digital cameras are significant shutter lag (276 ms in Nikon’s product and 326 ms at Sony’s device) on one hand, and slow max shutter speed (1/4000 of a second) on the other.
Advantages of One over the Other
In this section we will check how one device is at a more advantageous point over another on some most important points, especially regarding performance.
First let us check the advantages of Nikon D3200 over Sony SLT A58. Regarding low noise and high ISO performance the former is slightly better (0.6 f-stops) than the latter (1,131 ISO over 753 ISO). Moreover, Nikon’s camera has 10% larger screen (3.0″ over 2.7″), two times higher resolution screen (921k dots over 460k dots), and 10% better image quality (81.0 over 74.0). Most important advantage of Nikon D3200 over the Sony’s camera is surely availability of 70% more lenses, 205 lenses in place of 123 lenses. While the former comes with Pentamirror viewfinder, the latter comes with Digital viewfinder. Therefore, users will get more detailed view, on one hand, and at the same time the Pentamirror saves more battery than digital. Five important technical advantages that users will get at D3200 over SLT A58 include better color depth, higher true resolution, less shutter lag, more dynamic range, and less start-up delay.
Now, let us check the advantages of Sony SLT A58 over Nikon D3200. One of the major advantages is surely the ability of combining multiple exposures for capturing high dynamic range. You can shoot videos without having the worry about focus. In-camera panorama helps Sony SLT A58 to stitch multiple photos together for a wide perspective. You can also shoot 2 times faster than Nikon D3200. In-built focus motor helps in auto-focus, which is absent in the Nikon model. Users can also take around 30% more shots per battery charge. Five important technical advantages of one over the other include larger sensor, more focus points, much better maximum might sensitivity, faster video auto-focus, and more cross-type focus points.
While comparing scoring on the basis of specifications and features, it has been found out that Nikon D3200 outperformed Sony SLT A58 on 9 heads such as dynamic range, color depth, low light performance, popularity, shutter lag, screen size, screen resolution, lens availability, and view-finder. In fact, Sony’s camera also outperformed that of Nikon’s specifications convincingly on four counts and they are view finder size, cross type focus points, continuous shooting, and image stabilization.
While the overall score of D3200 is 73, that of SLT A58 is just 57. Hence, the verdict is clear. Nikon D3200 is the clear winner.
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