Canon ELPH 520 HS vs SX150 IS

differences

Advantages of the Canon ELPH 520 HS

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

Smaller

87x54x19 mm

113x73x46 mm

4.3x smaller

Longer battery life

190 shots

110 shots

More than 70% more shots per battery charge

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The ELPH 520 HS's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Lighter

155 g

306 g

Around 50% lighter

Thinner

0.7"

1.8"

2.4x thinner

Shoots faster

2.8 fps

0.9 fps

More than 3x faster continuous shooting

Faster max shutter speed

1/4000s

1/2500s

Around 40% faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Canon ELPH 520 HS

Advantages of the Canon SX150 IS

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

9.7 MP

Almost the same

Slightly cheaper

$92.00

$129.00

The best price we've seen is $37 cheaper (around 30% less)

Learn more about
the Canon SX150 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

61	vs	51
Explain scores

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Snapsort recommends the Canon ELPH 520 HS. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a ultra compact with a travel zoom.

similarities

Compared to recent digicams

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

	Good macro capabilities
	1 cm

Good image stabilization

ELPH 520 HS:	Lens
SX150 IS:	Lens, Sensor shift

Inexpensive

ELPH 520 HS:	$129.00
SX150 IS:	$92.00

Fast max shutter speeds

ELPH 520 HS:	1/4000s
SX150 IS:	1/2500s

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

Few shots per battery charge

ELPH 520 HS:	190 shots
SX150 IS:	110 shots

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

Slow continuous shooting

ELPH 520 HS:	2.8 fps
SX150 IS:	0.9 fps

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

	Poor wide angle
	28 mm

	Very narrow widest aperture size
	f/3.4

Compared to recent travel zooms

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	No built-in GPS
	Missing geo-tagging

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Travel zoom

$149 - $209

Has a significantly longer battery life

Is thicker

Is slightly heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Compact

$119 - $134

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Has a significantly wider aperture

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the ELPH 320 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Compact

$199

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Has a significantly wider aperture

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 110 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$150

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Has a significantly wider aperture

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$200 - $229

Has slightly more zoom

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Is slightly more expensive

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$235 - $290

Has a slightly wider aperture

Has a built-in GPS

Is slightly more expensive

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Samsung WB150F

Travel zoom

$159

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a slower max shutter speed

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the WB150F vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Compare the WB150F vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 530 HS

Ultra compact

Compare the PowerShot ELPH 530 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

Travel zoom

$199 - $219

Higher resolution movies

Supports 24p

Lower true resolution

Significantly slower max shutter speed

Compare the ELPH 330 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

Supports 24p

Higher resolution movies

Slightly less zoom

Significantly slower max shutter speed

Compare the ELPH 310 HS vs the PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Travel zoom

$247

More expensive

Compare the PowerShot SX130 IS vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Fujifilm FinePix S2950

Super zoom

$129

Wider aperture

Can create panoramas in-camera

Larger

Worse image stabilization

Compare the FinePix S2950 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Nikon Coolpix L120

Super zoom

Much higher resolution screen

Better wide angle

Larger

Worse image stabilization

Compare the Coolpix L120 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

Nikon Coolpix L610

Travel zoom

$129 - $150

Higher resolution movies

Better wide angle

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly more expensive

Compare the Coolpix L610 vs the PowerShot SX150 IS

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Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

vs

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon ELPH 520 HS

Advantages of the Canon SX150 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

similarities

Compared to recent digicams

Compared to recent travel zooms

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Canon ELPH 320 HS

Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Samsung WB150F

Canon ELPH 520 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot ELPH 530 HS

Canon ELPH 330 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Fujifilm FinePix S2950

Nikon Coolpix L120

Nikon Coolpix L610

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