Compare the Canon PowerShot A1300 vs the Canon Powershot S100

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Advantages of the Canon A1300

Has a viewfinder

Tunnel

None

A viewfinder can help save battery life by keeping the screen turned off

Significantly cheaper

$116.99

$299.00

The best price we've seen is $182 cheaper (2.6x less)

Slightly longer battery life

220 shots

200 shots

10% more shots per battery charge

Lighter

174 g

198 g

More than 10% lighter

Learn more about
the Canon A1300

Advantages of the Canon S100

Much better wide angle

24 mm

28 mm

More than 10% better wide angle

Supports 24p

Yes

Get that real film feel

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 24fps

720p @ 25fps

Shoots higher resolution Full HD (1080p) video but at a lower frame rate

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

Much higher true resolution

12 MP

9.7 MP

Capture more than 20% more detail in your photos

Has in-camera HDR

Yes

Combines multiple exposures to capture high dynamic range

Records high-speed movies

240 fps

None

Capture events too fast for the naked eye and play them back in super-slow motion

Has a CMOS-family sensor

CMOS

CCD

CMOS-family sensors often produce better quality images

Higher resolution screen

461k dots

230k dots

More than 2x higher resolution screen

Shoots RAW

Yes

Digitally develop your own photos with precise image control

Significantly larger sensor

1/1.8" 7.5x5.5mm

1/2.3" 6.2x4.6mm

Around 50% larger sensor

Shoots significantly faster

10 fps

0.8 fps

Around 12.5x faster continuous shooting

Better maximum light sensitivity

6,400 ISO

1,600 ISO

The S100's maximum light sensitivity is 2 f-stops better

Has a GPS

Yes

Automatically geotags your photos when traveling

Slightly smaller

99x60x28 mm

95x62x30 mm

Around 10% smaller

Thinner

1.1"

1.2"

Around 10% thinner

Learn more about
the Canon S100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot A1300

31	vs	65
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Canon Powershot S100

Snapsort recommends the Canon Powershot S100. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a pro digicam.

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.

Quite thick

A1300:	1.2"
S100:	1.1"

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Poor zoom
	5x

competitors

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$196 - $199

Is significantly smaller

Is thinner

Is slightly more expensive

Has a significantly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PowerShot A1300

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot A1400

Compact

$89 - $99

Slightly cheaper

Shorter battery life

Compare the PowerShot A1400 vs the PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot A810

Compact

$73

Cheaper

No viewfinder

Compare the PowerShot A810 vs the PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot A1200

Compact

$140 - $167

Supports 24p

Slightly higher true resolution

Larger

Slightly heavier

Compare the PowerShot A1200 vs the PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Compact

$90

Significantly smaller

Significantly thinner

No viewfinder

Shorter battery life

Compare the PowerShot A2300 IS vs the PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$92 - $119

More zoom

Significantly larger screen

Much larger

Significantly shorter battery life

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot S110

Pro digicam

$399

Much less startup delay

Has a touch screen

Lacks in-camera HDR

Doesn't record high-speed movies

Compare the PowerShot S110 vs the Powershot S100

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100

Pro digicam

$648 - $760

Much larger sensor

Much higher true resolution

Much worse wide angle

No 24p support

Compare the Cybershot DSC-RX100 vs the Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$228 - $249

Much more zoom

Can create panoramas in-camera

Much narrower aperture

Much lower true resolution

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot S95

Pro digicam

$461 - $602

Slightly less startup delay

Slightly larger sensor

Much worse wide angle

Lower resolution movies

Compare the PowerShot S95 vs the Powershot S100

Nikon Coolpix P310

Pro digicam

$169 - $199

Many more focus points

Significantly higher resolution screen

No 24p support

Much lower true resolution

Compare the Coolpix P310 vs the Powershot S100

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Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Canon PowerShot A1300 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A1400

Canon PowerShot A810

Canon PowerShot A1200

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon Powershot S100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot S110

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon PowerShot S95

Nikon Coolpix P310

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