As well as being compared against other compacts, the Canon PowerShot SD950 IS is also often compared to travel zooms, mirrorless and ultra compacts. The Canon PowerShot SD950 IS's top rivals come from Canon (such as the PowerShot SX710 HS and the IXUS 255 HS) and Fujifilm (such as the FinePix F50fd)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon SD950 IS compared to other compact competitors include: it has better image stabilization (lens vs none) and has a viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 28 mm), has a slightly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), is slightly larger (compact (96×60×28 mm) vs super compact (100×53×23 mm)), slightly lower maximum light sensitivity (1,600 ISO vs 12,800 ISO) and doesn't have a touch screen.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon SD950 IS compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a slightly wider aperture (f/2.8 vs f/3.2), has a slightly longer battery life (240 shots vs 210 shots) and has a viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 25 mm), doesn't have a built-in GPS, has a significantly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a significantly lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 921k dots) and doesn't shoot as fast continuously (1.5 fps vs 8.7 fps).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon SD950 IS compared to mirrorless interchangeable-lens competitors include: it has a viewfinder (tunnel vs none), has image stabilization (lens vs none), is slightly lighter (205 g vs 298 g) and has a built-in flash.
However, on average it records lower quality movies (1,024 x 768 @ 15fps vs 1080p @ 30fps), has a much smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a much lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 1,040k dots), takes slightly lower resolution photos (12 MP vs 17.9 MP) and doesn't have a touch screen.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Canon SD950 IS compared to ultra compact competitors include: it takes slightly higher resolution photos (12 MP vs 9.8 MP) and has higher quality type of viewfinder (tunnel vs none).
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (36 mm vs 28 mm), is slightly larger (compact (96×60×28 mm) vs ultra compact (87×56×18 mm)), is older (august 2007 vs august 2009), is thicker (1.1" vs 0.7") and is slightly heavier (205 g vs 120 g).
