Pentax 645Z vs. Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Pentax 645Z and Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Pentax 645Z vs. Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only 16-50mm and 55-210mm lenses
Height 11.7 cm 6.69 cm
Width 15.6 cm 12 cm
Depth 12.3 cm 5.94 cm
Weight 1.47 kg 352 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 1.47 kg
Camera with battery and memory card: 1.55 kg
Camera body only: 352 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 396 g
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection Dust-resistant, water-resistant -
Digital Zoom - 4x
Optical Zoom - 3x
SENSOR Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Sensor Resolution 51.4 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor CMOS
Total Pixels 52,990,000 pixels 25,000,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 51,400,000 pixels 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size - APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes -
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration) -
PROCESSOR Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Image Processor - BIONZ X
LENS Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Type - Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 16 - 50 mm - f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS - zoom
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 24 - 75mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 25 cm
Max View Angle - 83 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment - Manual (by ring), motorised drive
Lens Construction - 8 groups / 9 elements
Filter Size - 40.5 mm
Lens Mounting Type Pentax 645AF Sony E-mount
Features - ED glass, aspherical lens, Lens Barrel Retraction Function
SECOND LENS
Type - Telephoto zoom lens - 3.8x zoom - 55 - 210 mm - f/4.5-6.3
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 82.5 - 315mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 1 m
Lens Construction - 9 groups / 13 elements
Filter Size - 49 mm
Features - ED glass
FOCUSING Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 27 425
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Predictive Focus Control
Face Detection - Eye Detect AF, Face Detection AF/AE, Smile Shutter, Self Portrait Auto Shutter
VIEWFINDER Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Viewfinder Type Optical - trapezoid prism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 1,440,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 98% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.62x 1.07x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3.5 to +2 -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor 1.3 1.5
Features - Viewfinder brightness control, colour temperature control
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
ISO (Max) 204800 51200
Native ISO 100-204800 100-32000
Extended ISO (Max) - 51200
Light Sensitivity ISO auto (100-204800), ISO 100-248000 ISO 51200, ISO 100-32000
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones - 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, ISO priority, shutter & aperture priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight, anti-motion blur
Special Effects Natural, bright, Vibrant, monochrome, Muted, landscape, portrait, Cross Process, Bleach Bypass, Radiant, Reversal Film Black & White, Sepia, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Posterisation (B/W)
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), fluorescent light (daylight colour), fluorescent light (daylight white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type Electronic Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3, 5 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps, 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/125sec 1/160 sec
Exposure Range EV -1-21 (ISO 200) EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Type 3.2" LCD display 2.95" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,037,000 pixels 921,600 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Tilting
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control Display brightness control
FLASH Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Camera Flash - Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 6
Flash Modes - Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, slow sync
Features - AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control, flash exposure bracketing, high-speed synchronization (HSS)
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Digital Video Format MJPEG, H.264 AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM
Microphone Operation Mode - Stereo
MEMORY Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Memory Card Slot Dual SD card Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage - 6000 x 4000
4240 x 2832
3008 x 2000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2400
3008 x 1688
4000 x 4000
2832 x 2832
2000 x 2000
Video Capture - XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 25Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 25Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Battery Type Pentax D-Li90 Lithium Ion Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion
Details Pentax D-Li90 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 650 shots
Playback - 6.67 hours
Photo shooting - 380 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 420 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 1.17 hours (EVF on)
Video recording - 1.25 hours (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Interface HDMI, USB 3.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard - DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0 (24 pin Micro-USB-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
DC power input
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 4.5 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 11 frames per second
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, interval shooting mode, peripheral illumination correction, Eye-Fi Card Ready, NR Slow Shutter, High ISO NR, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, distortion correction function, anti-aliasing filter simulator, diffraction correction Built-in speaker, sharpness control, histogram display, saturation control, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, contrast control, Dynamic Range Optimizer, built-in help guide, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Touch Shutter technology, fast motion recording, Clear Image Zoom, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, high ISO speed noise reduction, slow motion recording, peripheral shading correction
OTHERS Pentax 645Z Sony Alpha6100 ILCE-6100Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Included Accessories Carrying strap, battery charger, body cap, eyecup, shoe cap Eyepiece cover, lens hood, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, micro-USB cable
Software Drivers & Utilities -
Max Operating Temperature - 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature - 0 °C
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