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Canon PowerShot S90
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As well as being compared against other pro digicams and compacts, the Canon PowerShot S90 is also often compared to boutiques, mirrorless, travel zooms and entry-level DSLRs. The Canon PowerShot S90's top rivals come from Canon (such as the Powershot S100 and the PowerShot S95) and Panasonic (such as the Lumix DMC-LX3 and the Lumix DMC-LX5)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to other pro digicam competitors include: it is slightly less noisy at high ISO (185 ISO vs 132 ISO), significantly higher boost light sensitivity (12,800 ISO vs 6,400 ISO) and is slightly lighter (198 g vs 275 g).
However, on average it has a slightly smaller sensor (1/1.7" 7.6x5.7mm vs 1/1.7" 8.3x6.2mm), records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 24fps), has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (28 mm vs 24 mm), takes slightly lower resolution photos (10 MP vs 12 MP) and doesn't record movies in 24p.
Canon Powershot S100
2 years newer
$356 - $430
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Canon PowerShot S95
1 year newer
$340 - $389
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
1 year older
$555
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
1 year newer
$339
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Canon PowerShot G12
1 year newer
$390 - $496
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Olympus XZ-1
1 year newer
$499 - $500
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a significantly wider aperture (f/2.0 vs f/3.9), has a slightly wider wide angle lens (28 mm vs 35 mm), has a much larger screen (3.0" vs 2.5"), has a slightly higher resolution screen (461k dots vs 230k dots) and has better image stabilization (lens vs none).
However, on average it records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 24fps), is slightly larger (compact 100x58x30 mm vs compact 93x57x28 mm), doesn't record high-speed movies (none vs 240 fps), doesn't record movies in 24p and has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS).
Canon ELPH 300 HS
1 year newer
$148 - $179
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Fujifilm FinePix F31fd
2 years older
$500
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Canon PowerShot S80
4 years older
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Canon PowerShot S110
8 years older
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Canon PowerShot D20
2 years newer
$329
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Canon ELPH 100 HS
1 year newer
$103 - $189
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to boutique competitors include: it has a significantly wider aperture (f/2.0 vs f/2.8), is much smaller (compact 100x58x30 mm vs standard size 117x81x65 mm), is thinner (1.2" vs 2.6") and is much lighter (198 g vs 390 g).
However, on average it has significantly lower image quality (46.0 vs 60.0), records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 24fps), has a significantly lower resolution screen (461k dots vs 920k dots), takes slightly lower resolution photos (10 MP vs 14.2 MP) and significantly lower maximum light sensitivity (3,200 ISO vs 12,800 ISO).
Canon PowerShot G1X
2 years newer
$799 - $800
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to mirrorless interchangeable-lens competitors include: it has image stabilization (lens vs none), has boost light sensitivity (12,800 ISO vs none), is slightly lighter (198 g vs 277 g) and has a built-in flash.
However, on average it is slightly more noisy at high ISO (185 ISO vs 796 ISO), records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 30fps), has slightly lower image quality (46.0 vs 69.0), has a slightly lower resolution screen (461k dots vs 920k dots) and doesn't record high-speed movies (none vs 1,200 fps).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3
1 year newer
$433 (body only)
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Nikon 1 J1
2 years newer
$547 10-30mm lens
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Sony Alpha NEX-5
8 months newer
$569 18-55mm lens
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a much wider aperture (f/2.0 vs f/3.3), has a much larger sensor (1/1.7" 7.6x5.7mm vs 1/2.5" 6.1x4.6mm), much higher boost light sensitivity (12,800 ISO vs none) and shoots RAW.
However, on average it has much less zoom (3.8x vs 16x), doesn't have a built-in GPS, records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 30fps), doesn't record high-speed movies (none vs 220 fps) and doesn't record movies in 24p.
Canon PowerShot SX230 HS
1 year newer
$239 - $324
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Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v
1 year newer
$319
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Nikon Coolpix S8000
5 months newer
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Panasonic Lumix ZS20
2 years newer
$290 - $350
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Canon PowerShot SX210 IS
5 months newer
$294
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Canon ELPH 310 HS
2 years newer
$195 - $196
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Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon S90 compared to entry-level DSLR competitors include: it has image stabilization (lens vs none), is much smaller (compact 100x58x30 mm vs prosumer size 127x96x78 mm), is thinner (1.2" vs 3.1") and is much lighter (198 g vs 560 g).
However, on average it is much more noisy at high ISO (185 ISO vs 1,183 ISO), has much lower image quality (46.0 vs 80.0), records lower quality movies (480p @ 30fps vs 1080p @ 30fps), has much less color depth (20.2 bits vs 23.5 bits) and has significantly narrower dynamic range (11 EV vs 13 EV).
Nikon D5100
1 year newer
$500 - $597 (body only)
$600 - $697 18-55mm lens
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Nikon D3100
1 year newer
$500 - $547 18-55mm lens
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