Sony DSLR-A350 vs Panasonic G3

Panasonic G3 advantages over Sony DSLR-A350

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Less expensive
  $700 vs $900 (MSRP)
  Save money for lenses or accessories
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• 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.

  G3 test data on DxO Mark DSLR-A350 test data on DxO Mark
  667 vs 595 iso
  Take photos in low light with less noise
• Thinner
  46 mm vs 74 mm
  Thinner
• HDMI out
  HDMI out vs None
  Use HDMI output to monitor or review video
• More dots on screen
  460k vs 230k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.70x vs 0.49x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Longer exposure
  60 vs 30 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  3.4 fps vs 2.4 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  7 vs 3 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  6400 vs 3200 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility