Canon 100 IS vs SX130 IS

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Advantages of the Canon 100 IS

Smaller

87x56x18 mm

113x73x46 mm

4.3x smaller

Wider aperture

f/3.2

f/3.4

At its widest zoom, the 100 IS's lens captures marginally more light (0.2 f-stops)

Has a viewfinder

Tunnel

None

A viewfinder can help save battery life by keeping the screen turned off

Thinner

0.7"

1.8"

2.6x thinner

Lighter

160 g

308 g

Around 50% lighter

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the Canon 100 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX130 IS

Much better wide angle

28 mm

33 mm

Around 20% better wide angle

Much larger screen

3.0"

2.5"

More than 20% larger screen

More zoom

12x

More than 15.5x more zoom

Better macro capability

1 cm

3 cm

Focus on subjects 3x closer to the lens

Significantly cheaper

$134.00

$276.25

The best price we've seen is $142 cheaper (2.1x less)

Significantly faster max shutter speed

1/2500s

1/1500s

40% faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Canon SX130 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent digicams, and ignoring price

Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS

33	vs	39
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Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS. 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.

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by Mansoore-Esmaili 5 days ago

Canon IXUS 220 HS vs Canon SX130 IS

Zoom, perfect movie and photo quality in almost every situation,

i am not expert at all, i am just want to record my life moments in a good quality photo and mov...

similarities

Compared to recent digicams

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Lower-end sensor types
	CCD

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	1,600 ISO

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

Poor wide angle

100 IS:	33 mm
SX130 IS:	28 mm

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

competitors

Canon IXUS 220 HS

Compact

$270

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the IXUS 220 HS vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Compare the IXUS 220 HS vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon IXUS 115 HS

Compact

$230 - $241

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the IXUS 115 HS vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Compare the IXUS 115 HS vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$372 - $430

Has a much wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is significantly more expensive

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon IXUS 105

Compact

$206 - $421

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

Lower resolution movies

No viewfinder

Compare the IXUS 105 vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Canon PowerShot A1300

Compact

$109 - $119

Much better wide angle

Larger screen

Slightly larger

Slightly lower true resolution

Compare the PowerShot A1300 vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Canon Digital IXUS 130 IS

Ultra compact

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

No viewfinder

Compare the Digital IXUS 130 IS vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Canon Digital IXUS 120 IS

Ultra compact

$241

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

No viewfinder

Compare the Digital IXUS 120 IS vs the Digital IXUS 100 IS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$134 - $179

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Nikon Coolpix L120

Super zoom

$180 - $219

Much higher resolution screen

More zoom

Larger

Significantly thicker

Compare the Coolpix L120 vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Fujifilm FinePix S2990

Super zoom

Wider aperture

More zoom

Larger

Worse image stabilization

Compare the FinePix S2990 vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon PowerShot SX120 IS

Travel zoom

$225

Significantly wider aperture

Slightly lighter

Much worse wide angle

Much lower true resolution

Compare the PowerShot SX120 IS vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$239 - $307

Higher resolution movies

Supports 24p

Significantly worse macro capability

More expensive

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX130 IS

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Canon Digital IXUS100 IS vs Canon PowerShotSX130 IS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent digicams, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon 100 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX130 IS

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Compared to recent digicams

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

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Canon IXUS 220 HS

Canon IXUS 115 HS

Canon Powershot S100

Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon IXUS 105

Canon PowerShot A1300

Canon Digital IXUS 130 IS

Canon Digital IXUS 120 IS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS Competitors

Advantages

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Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Nikon Coolpix L120

Fujifilm FinePix S2990

Canon PowerShot SX120 IS

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

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Canon Digital IXUS
100 IS
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Canon PowerShot
SX130 IS