Sony A5100 vs Sony QX1

Sony A5100 advantages over Sony QX1

• Rear display
  Yes vs No
  Review photos on the back of the camera
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• In-camera panoramas
  Yes vs No
  Stitches multiple shots into a panoramic photo
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• Higher effective ISO

  Higher effective ISO

  Maximum effective ISO is an estimate of the highest sensitivity at which a camera can capture excellent quality photos.

  Cameras with higher effective ISO will be better choices for indoor photography, night shooting, and indoor sports photography, especially if you intend to make large prints.

  You can learn more at our glossary entry.

  Maximum effective ISO test data courtesy of DxO Mark.

  A5100 test data on DxO Mark QX1 test data on DxO Mark
  1,347 vs 1,063 iso
  Take photos in low light with less noise
• On-sensor phase detect
  Yes vs No
  Usually improves live view and video AF performance
• Thinner
  35 mm vs 52 mm
  Thinner
• HDMI out
  HDMI out vs None
  Use HDMI output to monitor or review video
• Shoots 24p video
  Yes vs No
  Gives your movies a big-screen feel
• More pixels
  24.3 vs 20.1 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Has anti-aliasing filter
  Filter vs No Filter
  Reduces unsightly moiré in photos
• Bulb shutter
  Bulb vs No bulb
  Hold the shutter open manually for long exposures
• Faster JPEG shooting
  6.0 fps vs 3.5 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  67 vs 15 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 16000 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility