As well as being compared against other compacts, the Canon PowerShot A495 is also often compared to travel zooms, ultra compacts, super zooms and digicams. The Canon PowerShot A495's top rivals come from Panasonic (such as the Lumix SZ9 and the Lumix DMC-TS30) and Fujifilm (such as the FinePix AV200 and the FinePix HS30 EXR)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A495 compared to other compact competitors include: it is newer (january 2010 vs august 2008) and has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/1600 of a second).
However, on average it has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (37 mm vs 32 mm) and doesn't have image stabilization (none vs digital).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A495 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a slightly wider aperture (f/3 vs f/3.6) and is significantly less expensive ($112.13 vs $2,192.19).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (37 mm vs 25 mm), doesn't have a built-in GPS, has a significantly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a much lower resolution screen (115k dots vs 920k dots) and doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens).
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A495 compared to ultra compact competitors include: it has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/1500 of a second) and slightly longer exposures (15 seconds vs 2 seconds).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (37 mm vs 26 mm), is significantly larger (compact (94×62×31 mm) vs ultra compact (77×51×17 mm)), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens), doesn't have a touch screen and is older (january 2010 vs august 2012).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A495 compared to super zoom competitors include: it is significantly smaller (compact (94×62×31 mm) vs large (130×95×122 mm)), is thinner (1.2" vs 4.8"), is significantly lighter (175 g vs 687 g), is slightly less expensive ($112.13 vs $504.16) and has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/1500 of a second).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (37 mm vs 25 mm), has a slightly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a slightly lower resolution screen (115k dots vs 460k dots), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens) and doesn't have a screen which flips out.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon A495 compared to digicam competitors include: it takes slightly higher resolution photos (9.8 MP vs 5.7 MP) and has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/1300 of a second).
However, on average it has a significantly narrower wide angle lens (37 mm vs 30 mm), has a slightly lower resolution screen (115k dots vs 1,040k dots), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs digital), has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS) and doesn't have a viewfinder (none vs tunnel).
