Canon 300 HS vs Pentax RZ10

differences

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 @ 30fps

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

Much smaller

92x55x19 mm

97x61x33 mm

Around 50% smaller

Wider aperture

f/2.7

f/3.2

At its widest zoom, the 300 HS's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops)

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

Much thinner

0.8"

1.3"

More than 40% thinner

Better image stabilization

Lens

Sensor shift

Less risk of blur

Shoots faster

3.4 fps

1 fps

Around 3.5x faster continuous shooting

Lighter

141 g

178 g

More than 20% lighter

Slightly higher true resolution

9.7 MP

9.6 MP

Almost the same

Longer exposures

15s

Around 4x longer exposures

Learn more about
the Canon 300 HS

Advantages of the Pentax RZ10

More zoom

10x

4x more zoom

Better maximum light sensitivity

6,400 ISO

3,200 ISO

The RZ10's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Better macro capability

1 cm

3 cm

Focus on subjects 3x closer to the lens

Learn more about
the Pentax RZ10

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon ELPH 300 HS

55	vs	35
Explain scores

Pentax Optio RZ10

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 compact with a travel zoom.

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

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Very small screens
	2.7"

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

competitors

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$100

Has a significantly larger screen

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the Optio RZ10

Canon PowerShot S110

Pro digicam

$349 - $399

Has a significantly wider aperture

Has a significantly larger screen

Is significantly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the PowerShot S110 vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the PowerShot S110 vs the Optio RZ10

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Travel zoom

$103 - $107

Has a significantly larger screen

Is thicker

Is slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the PowerShot A4000 IS vs the Optio RZ10

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$199

Significantly larger screen

Higher resolution screen

Shoots slightly slower

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$119 - $134

Much larger screen

Has a touch screen

Slightly larger

Shoots slightly slower

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

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 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

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Ultra compact

$129 - $139

More zoom

Significantly larger screen

Much worse wide angle

Significantly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Casio Exilim EX-ZR10

Compact

$219

Shoots much faster

Higher resolution movies

Significantly worse macro capability

Less zoom

Compare the Exilim EX-ZR10 vs the Optio RZ10

Panasonic Lumix ZS20

Travel zoom

$299 - $378

Much more zoom

Much better wide angle

Worse maximum light sensitivity

Slightly narrower aperture

Compare the Lumix ZS20 vs the Optio RZ10

Pentax Optio RZ18

Travel zoom

$175

Significantly more zoom

Significantly better wide angle

Compare the Optio RZ18 vs the Optio RZ10

Pentax Optio S1

Ultra compact

$87

Much smaller

Much thinner

Significantly narrower aperture

Less zoom

Compare the Optio S1 vs the Optio RZ10

Olympus VR320

Travel zoom

Much better wide angle

Significantly larger screen

Worse maximum light sensitivity

Compare the VR320 vs the Optio RZ10

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Canon ELPH 300 HS

vs

Pentax Optio RZ10

Reasons to buy the Canon ELPH 300 HS

Reasons to buy the Pentax Optio RZ10

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon 300 HS

Advantages of the Pentax RZ10

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon PowerShot S110

Canon PowerShot A4000 IS

Canon ELPH 300 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Pentax Optio RZ10 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Casio Exilim EX-ZR10

Panasonic Lumix ZS20

Pentax Optio RZ18

Pentax Optio S1

Olympus VR320

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