As well as being compared against other compacts, the Canon PowerShot A420 is also often compared to super zooms. The Canon PowerShot A420's top rivals come from Fujifilm (such as the FinePix HS30 EXR) and Canon (such as the PowerShot A480)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A420 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (39 mm vs 37 mm), has a much smaller screen (1.8" vs 2.5"), is much larger (compact (103×52×40 mm) vs compact (92×62×31 mm)), takes significantly lower resolution photos (3.9 MP vs 9.8 MP) and is older (february 2006 vs january 2009).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A420 compared to super zoom competitors include: it is significantly smaller (compact (103×52×40 mm) vs large (131×97×126 mm)), is thinner (1.6" vs 5") and is significantly lighter (200 g vs 687 g).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (39 mm vs 24 mm), has a much smaller screen (1.8" vs 3"), has a significantly lower resolution screen (77k dots vs 460k dots), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs sensor shift) and takes significantly lower resolution photos (3.9 MP vs 10.6 MP).
