Canon A3400 IS vs 300 HS

differences

Advantages of the Canon A3400 IS

Has a touch screen

Yes

Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

Slightly more zoom

More than 2.5x more zoom

Cheaper

$95.00

$151.50

The best price we've seen is $57 cheaper (around 40% less)

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the Canon A3400 IS

Advantages of the Canon 300 HS

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

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

Slightly wider aperture

f/2.7

f/2.8

At its widest zoom, the 300 HS's lens captures marginally more light (0.1 f-stops)

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The 300 HS's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Slightly smaller

92x55x19 mm

95x56x21 mm

More than 10% smaller

Slightly thinner

0.8"

Around 10% thinner

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the Canon 300 HS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot A3400 IS

58	vs	61
Explain scores

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Snapsort recommends the Canon ELPH 300 HS. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a travel zoom with a compact.

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Wide aperture

A3400 IS:	f/2.8
300 HS:	f/2.7

Fairly small

A3400 IS:	95x56x21 mm
300 HS:	92x55x19 mm

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

	Thin
	0.8"

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

competitors

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$146 - $189

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Travel zoom

$99 - $129

Slightly closer macro focusing

Is thicker

Is slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$133 - $149

Has a slightly larger screen

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Compact

$90

Has a much narrower wide angle lens

Compare the PowerShot A2300 IS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the PowerShot A2300 IS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$119

Has a slower max shutter speed

Has a much narrower wide angle lens

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

Ultra compact

$100 - $190

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Much higher maximum light sensitivity

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly shorter exposures

Compare the Cyber-shot WX50 vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the Cyber-shot WX50 vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$90 - $119

Has slightly more zoom

Slightly closer macro focusing

Is thicker

Is much heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot A2400 IS

Compact

$156

Slightly smaller

Lighter

No touch screen

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the PowerShot A2400 IS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Compact

$68

Better wide angle

Better maximum light sensitivity

Significantly narrower aperture

No touch screen

Compare the Coolpix S3300 vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Compact

$246

Slightly higher true resolution

No touch screen

Slightly less zoom

Compare the PowerShot A3300 IS vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Nikon Coolpix S4300

Compact

$117

Better wide angle

Higher resolution screen

Significantly narrower aperture

Worse image stabilization

Compare the Coolpix S4300 vs the PowerShot A3400 IS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

Significantly larger screen

Can create panoramas in-camera

Much worse wide angle

Narrower aperture

Compare the ELPH 310 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Ultra compact

$129 - $155

More zoom

Significantly larger screen

Much worse wide angle

Significantly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

Travel zoom

$199 - $219

Significantly larger screen

Higher resolution screen

Narrower aperture

Larger

Compare the ELPH 330 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

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Canon PowerShotA3400 IS vs Canon ELPH300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Reasons to buy the Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot A3400 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot A3400 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon A3400 IS

Advantages of the Canon 300 HS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot A3400 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A2400 IS

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Nikon Coolpix S4300

Canon ELPH 300 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

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Canon PowerShot
A3400 IS
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Canon ELPH
300 HS