Canon SX220 HS vs Nikon S220

differences

Advantages of the Canon SX220 HS

Much better wide angle

28 mm

35 mm

20% better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 24fps

480p @ 30fps

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

Significantly more zoom

14x

Around 22x more zoom

Much larger screen

3.0"

2.5"

More than 20% larger screen

Image stabilization

Lens

None

Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements

Supports 24p

Yes

Get that real film feel

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

Significantly better macro capability

5 cm

10 cm

Focus on subjects 2x closer to the lens

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

2,000 ISO

The SX220 HS's maximum light sensitivity is 0.7 f-stops better

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

Almost the same

Slightly larger sensor

1/2.3" 6.2x4.6mm

1/2.3" 6.1x4.6mm

Almost the same

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the Canon SX220 HS

Advantages of the Nikon S220

Much smaller

90x56x18 mm

106x59x33 mm

2.3x smaller

Shoots significantly faster

11 fps

3.2 fps

Around 3.5x faster continuous shooting

Much lighter

100 g

215 g

2.2x lighter

Much thinner

0.7"

1.3"

Around 50% thinner

Learn more about
the Nikon S220

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

56	vs	52
Explain scores

Nikon Coolpix S220

Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SX220 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 ultra compact.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

Poor wide angle

SX220 HS:	28 mm
S220:	35 mm

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$239 - $307

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a built-in GPS

Is thicker

Is much heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the Coolpix S220

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$146 - $179

Has a slightly wider aperture

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly heavier

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Coolpix S220

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Travel zoom

$294

Is thicker

Is much heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX210 IS vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the PowerShot SX210 IS vs the Coolpix S220

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Travel zoom

$319 - $330

Has slightly more zoom

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is thicker

Compare the Cybershot DSC-HX9v vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the Cybershot DSC-HX9v vs the Coolpix S220

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$372 - $430

Has a much wider aperture

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the Coolpix S220

Nikon Coolpix S6300

Travel zoom

$180 - $184

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly shorter exposures

Compare the Coolpix S6300 vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Compare the Coolpix S6300 vs the Coolpix S220

Canon PowerShot SX240 HS

Travel zoom

$354 - $450

Much more zoom

Significantly better wide angle

Narrower aperture

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot SX240 HS vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Travel zoom

$237 - $328

Significantly more zoom

Significantly higher resolution screen

No 24p support

Narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix S9100 vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Travel zoom

$328

Significantly better wide angle

Has a touch screen

No 24p support

Narrower aperture

Compare the Lumix DMC-ZS10 vs the PowerShot SX220 HS

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Much better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

Shoots significantly slower

Larger

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the Coolpix S220

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Compact

$167

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Shoots significantly slower

Slightly narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix S3000 vs the Coolpix S220

Nikon Coolpix L22

Compact

Much larger screen

Image stabilization

Significantly larger

Worse wide angle

Compare the Coolpix L22 vs the Coolpix S220

Nikon Coolpix S210

Ultra compact

Much lower true resolution

Significantly worse wide angle

Compare the Coolpix S210 vs the Coolpix S220

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Canon PowerShotSX220 HS vs Nikon CoolpixS220

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Nikon Coolpix S220

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix S220

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SX220 HS

Advantages of the Nikon S220

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Canon Powershot S100

Nikon Coolpix S6300

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX240 HS

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Nikon Coolpix S220 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A2200

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Nikon Coolpix L22

Nikon Coolpix S210

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Canon PowerShot
SX220 HS
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Nikon Coolpix
S220