Canon A2200 vs Nikon L26

differences

Advantages of the Canon A2200

Wider aperture

f/2.8

f/3.2

At its widest zoom, the A2200's lens captures marginally more light (0.4 f-stops)

Much better macro capability

3 cm

10 cm

Focus on subjects 3.3x closer to the lens

Smaller

93x55x22 mm

96x60x29 mm

Around 30% smaller

Thinner

0.9"

1.1"

More than 20% thinner

Lighter

135 g

164 g

Around 20% lighter

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

9.7 MP

Almost the same

Longer exposures

15s

Around 4x longer exposures

Learn more about
the Canon A2200

Advantages of the Nikon L26

Better wide angle

26 mm

28 mm

Around 10% better wide angle

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

Cheaper

$90.00

$197.26

The best price we've seen is $107 cheaper (2.2x less)

Faster max shutter speed

1/2000s

1/1600s

20% faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Nikon L26

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot A2200

44	vs	38
Explain scores

Nikon Coolpix L26

Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot A2200.

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Lower-end sensor types
	CCD

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	1,600 ISO

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

Poor zoom

A2200:	4x
L26:	5x

competitors

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Compact

$80

Has image stabilization

Is thinner

Slightly worse macro focusing

Has a significantly narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix S3300 vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the Coolpix S3300 vs the Coolpix L26

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Compact

$90

Is thinner

Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens

Compare the PowerShot A2300 IS vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the PowerShot A2300 IS vs the Coolpix L26

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$110

Has image stabilization

Creates panoramas in-camera

Much worse macro focusing

Has a slightly narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the Coolpix L26

Canon PowerShot A1200

Compact

$140 - $167

Records movies in 24p

Has a viewfinder

Has a slower max shutter speed

Lacks boost light sensitivity

Compare the PowerShot A1200 vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the PowerShot A1200 vs the Coolpix L26

Canon PowerShot A2500

Compact

$99 - $134

Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens

Compare the PowerShot A2500 vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the PowerShot A2500 vs the Coolpix L26

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Travel zoom

$103 - $107

Has image stabilization

Slightly closer macro focusing

Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the PowerShot A2200

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the Coolpix L26

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$100

Supports 24p

Image stabilization

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly heavier

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot A2200

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Compact

Image stabilization

Significantly larger screen

No boost ISO

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot A3300 IS vs the PowerShot A2200

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$119 - $134

Much better wide angle

Supports 24p

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly heavier

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the PowerShot A2200

Nikon Coolpix L27

Compact

$96

Much better macro capability

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the Coolpix L27 vs the Coolpix L26

Canon PowerShot A810

Compact

$73

Much better macro capability

Slightly longer battery life

Worse wide angle

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the PowerShot A810 vs the Coolpix L26

Nikon Coolpix L25

Compact

$79

Much better macro capability

Much lower true resolution

Significantly smaller sensor

Compare the Coolpix L25 vs the Coolpix L26

Nikon Coolpix L28

Compact

$97

Can create panoramas in-camera

Longer battery life

Compare the Coolpix L28 vs the Coolpix L26

Sony DSC-S5000

Compact

$105 - $130

Can create panoramas in-camera

Better maximum light sensitivity

No built-in flash

Much worse wide angle

Compare the DSC-S5000 vs the Coolpix L26

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Canon PowerShot A2200

vs

Nikon Coolpix L26

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot A2200

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix L26

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon A2200

Advantages of the Nikon L26

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Canon PowerShot A1200

Canon PowerShot A2500

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Canon PowerShot A2200 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Nikon Coolpix L26 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix L27

Canon PowerShot A810

Nikon Coolpix L25

Nikon Coolpix L28

Sony DSC-S5000

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