Sony α7 Mirrorless Cameras (2018) vs Pentax KP

The Sony α7 III (2018) has managed to do great in various roundups conducted by reviewers from highly trusted sources that perform objective in-depth testing, like The Phoblographer, Digital Camera World, and Rtings - it was dubbed "The Best First Camera for Candids" by The Phoblographer, "Ranked 2 out of 11" by Digital Camera World, and "Ranked 2 out of 5" by Rtings. Any product that's held in such high regard by some of the most reliable sources should be considered by everyone who's looking for a Mirrorless Camera at this price.

Moving on to the Pentax KP: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like ePHOTOzine, Photography Blog, TechSpot, Digital Photography Review, Techradar, Digital Camera World, PCmag, and camerajabber.com, enough for them to include them on those lists.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. PCmag, Photography Blog, Techradar, Digital Camera World, and Digital Photography Review, for example, preferred the Sony α7 III (2018), while ePHOTOzine rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Sony α7 III (2018) got reviewed the highest by PCmag - it gave it a rating of 10, while the Pentax KP most impressed reviewers at ePHOTOzine, which gave it a score of 10.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Sony α7 III (2018), with its 9.3 average, performed considerably better than most Mirrorless Cameras - the mean score for the product category being 7.9 out of 10 - while the Pentax KP managed an average of 7.9.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Sony α7 III (2018) vs. Pentax KP review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.