As well as being compared against other pro digicams and compacts, the Canon Powershot S100 is also often compared to travel zooms and mirrorless. The Canon Powershot S100's top rivals come from Canon (such as the PowerShot S110 and the ELPH 300 HS) and Panasonic (such as the Lumix DMC-TZ60 and the Lumix DMC-GF6)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S100 compared to other pro digicam competitors include: it has a significantly wider wide angle lens (24 mm vs 28 mm), shoots faster continuously (9.6 fps vs 3.7 fps), has a CMOS-family sensor (CMOS vs CCD), has a built-in GPS and is slightly less expensive ($197.00 vs $479.00).
However, on average it has a marginally smaller sensor (1/1.8" 7.49x5.52mm vs nikon CX 13.2x8.8mm), has a slightly lower resolution screen (461k dots vs 1,040k dots), doesn't have a touch screen, doesn't have an OLED screen (LCD vs OLED) and has a slightly shorter battery life (200 shots vs 320 shots).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S100 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a significantly wider aperture (f/2 vs f/3.2), has a slightly wider wide angle lens (24 mm vs 27 mm), has better image stabilization (lens vs digital), takes slightly higher resolution photos (12 MP vs 9.7 MP) and slightly higher maximum light sensitivity (6,400 ISO vs 1,600 ISO).
However, on average it is slightly larger (compact (99×60×28 mm) vs super compact (93×57×20 mm)), doesn't have an OLED screen (LCD vs OLED), is thicker (1.1" vs 0.8") and is slightly heavier (198 g vs 135 g).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S100 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a much wider aperture (f/2 vs f/3.8), has a built-in GPS, has a CMOS-family sensor (CMOS vs CCD) and is significantly less expensive ($197.00 vs $2,192.19).
However, on average it has a significantly lower resolution screen (461k dots vs 920k dots), has a significantly shorter battery life (200 shots vs 300 shots) and is older (september 2011 vs january 2014).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S100 compared to mirrorless interchangeable-lens competitors include: it records higher quality movies (1080p @ 24fps vs none), records high-speed movies (240 fps vs none), has better image stabilization (lens vs none), records movies in 24p and is newer (september 2011 vs september 2008).
However, on average it has a significantly lower resolution screen (461k dots vs 1,036k dots), doesn't have a viewfinder (none vs tunnel), doesn't have a touch screen, doesn't have a screen which flips out and has a marginally smaller sensor (1/1.8" 7.49x5.52mm vs APS-C 23.6x15.6mm).
