Canon 300 HS vs Samsung PL210

differences

Advantages of the Canon 300 HS

Supports 24p

Yes

Get that real film feel

Significantly wider aperture

f/2.7

f/3.3

At its widest zoom, the 300 HS's lens captures slightly more light (0.6 f-stops)

Significantly better wide angle

24 mm

27 mm

More than 10% better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 24fps

720p @ 30fps

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

Smaller

92x55x19 mm

100x58x19 mm

More than 10% smaller

Better macro capability

3 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 40% closer to the lens

Cheaper

$152.00

$220.20

The best price we've seen is $68 cheaper (more than 30% less)

Slightly lighter

141 g

148 g

Almost the same

Longer exposures

15s

Around 90% longer exposures

Learn more about
the Canon 300 HS

Advantages of the Samsung PL210

Significantly larger screen

3.0"

2.7"

More than 10% larger screen

More zoom

10x

4x more zoom

Learn more about
the Samsung PL210

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon ELPH 300 HS

61	vs	54
Explain scores

Samsung PL210

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

Fairly small

300 HS:	92x55x19 mm
PL210:	100x58x19 mm

Good image stabilization

300 HS:	Lens
PL210:	Lens, Digital

	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

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

competitors

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$139 - $189

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PL210

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a much narrower wide angle lens

Has a slightly narrower aperture

Compare the ELPH 310 HS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the ELPH 310 HS vs the PL210

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 ELPH 300 HS

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PL210

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Travel zoom

Has significantly more zoom

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Is thicker

Is significantly heavier

Compare the Lumix DMC-ZS10 vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the Lumix DMC-ZS10 vs the PL210

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$90 - $119

Slightly closer macro focusing

Is slightly less expensive

Is thicker

Is much heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the ELPH 300 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the PL210

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$133 - $149

Much larger screen

Has a touch screen

Slightly larger

Shoots slightly slower

Compare the ELPH 320 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

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

Ultra compact

$100 - $190

Better maximum light sensitivity

Takes 3D photos

No 24p support

Doesn't record high-speed movies

Compare the Cyber-shot WX50 vs the ELPH 300 HS

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Travel zoom

$119

Better wide angle

Slightly wider aperture

Significantly smaller screen

Significantly worse macro capability

Compare the Coolpix S6200 vs the PL210

Samsung WB150F

Travel zoom

$149

Significantly more zoom

Significantly better wide angle

Larger

Heavier

Compare the WB150F vs the PL210

Fujifilm FinePix T200

Travel zoom

$160

Cheaper

Significantly smaller screen

Larger

Compare the FinePix T200 vs the PL210

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900

Ultra compact

Much higher resolution screen

Much larger screen

Much worse wide angle

Less zoom

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-T900 vs the PL210

Samsung PL120

Ultra compact

Has a touch screen

Better wide angle

Significantly smaller screen

Worse image stabilization

Compare the PL120 vs the PL210

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Canon ELPH300 HS vs SamsungPL210

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Reasons to buy the Canon ELPH 300 HS

Samsung PL210

Reasons to buy the Samsung PL210

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon 300 HS

Advantages of the Samsung PL210

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 ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 300 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

Samsung PL210 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Samsung WB150F

Fujifilm FinePix T200

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900

Samsung PL120

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Canon ELPH
300 HS
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Samsung
PL210