As well as being compared against other compacts, the Canon PowerShot S410 is also often compared to super zooms and travel zooms. The Canon PowerShot S410's top rivals come from Nikon (such as the Coolpix L340 and the Coolpix S9300) and Canon (such as the PowerShot SX740 HS and the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S410 compared to other compact competitors include: it has higher quality type of viewfinder (tunnel vs none) and has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/1500 of a second).
However, on average it has a significantly narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 28 mm), has a significantly smaller screen (1.5" vs 2.5"), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs sensor shift), takes slightly lower resolution photos (3.9 MP vs 7.1 MP) and has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S410 compared to super zoom competitors include: it has a slightly wider aperture (f/2.8 vs f/3.4), is significantly smaller (compact (87×57×28 mm) vs large (130×95×122 mm)), is thinner (1.1" vs 4.8"), is slightly lighter (215 g vs 590 g) and has higher quality type of viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has slightly less zoom (3x vs 64.6x), has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 4 mm), has a much smaller screen (1.5" vs 3"), has a significantly lower resolution screen (118k dots vs 460k dots) and doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S410 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a significantly wider aperture (f/2.8 vs f/3.5) and has a viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 24 mm), doesn't have a built-in GPS, has a much smaller screen (1.5" vs 3"), has a much lower resolution screen (118k dots vs 922k dots) and doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens).
