As well as being compared against other compacts, the Nikon Coolpix A100 is also often compared to travel zooms, ultra compacts, super zooms and digicams. The Nikon Coolpix A100's top rivals come from Nikon (such as the Coolpix B500 and the Coolpix A10) and Panasonic (such as the Lumix DMC-SZ10 and the Lumix SZ8)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon Coolpix A100 compared to other compact competitors include: it is much smaller (super compact (95×59×20 mm) vs compact (96×59×29 mm)), has a slightly longer battery life (250 shots vs 220 shots), is newer (january 2016 vs january 2014), is thinner (0.8" vs 1.1") and is slightly lighter (119 g vs 160 g).
However, on average it has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens), has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS) and is not waterproof.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon Coolpix A100 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it is newer (january 2016 vs july 2013) and has a faster max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 4 seconds).
However, on average it has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (26 mm vs 24 mm), has a significantly smaller screen (2.7" vs 3"), has a slightly lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 460k dots), has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens) and doesn't have a screen which flips out.
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon Coolpix A100 compared to ultra compact competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (26 mm vs 38 mm), is newer (january 2016 vs january 2008), is thinner (0.8" vs 2.1") 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 smaller screen (2.7" vs 3"), has a slightly lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 460k dots), is significantly larger (super compact (95×59×20 mm) vs ultra compact (50×22×54 mm)), has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens) and doesn't shoot as fast continuously (1.1 fps vs 10 fps).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon Coolpix A100 compared to super zoom competitors include: it is slightly smaller (super compact (95×59×20 mm) vs prosumer size (114×78×95 mm)), is thinner (0.8" vs 3.7") and is significantly lighter (119 g vs 541 g).
However, on average it has a significantly narrower wide angle lens (26 mm vs 23 mm), has a much smaller screen (2.7" vs 3"), has a much lower resolution screen (230k dots vs 921k dots), has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens) and doesn't shoot as fast continuously (1.1 fps vs 7.4 fps).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon Coolpix A100 compared to digicam competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (26 mm vs 30 mm), has a slightly longer battery life (250 shots vs 160 shots), is newer (january 2016 vs january 2013) and is thinner (0.8" vs 2").
However, on average it has a significantly smaller screen (2.7" vs 3"), has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens), has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS) and has a slower max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/4000 of a second).
