Canon A1100 IS vs Sony DSC-H55

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Advantages of the Canon A1100 IS

Significantly wider aperture

f/2.7

f/3.5

At its widest zoom, the A1100 IS's lens captures slightly more light (0.7 f-stops)

Has a viewfinder

Tunnel

None

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

Significantly lighter

150 g

200 g

Around 30% lighter

Better macro capability

3 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 40% closer to the lens

Has boost ISO

3,200 ISO

None

Allows taking photos in darker situations, often at the cost of additional noise in the image

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the Canon A1100 IS

Advantages of the Sony DSC-H55

Much better wide angle

25 mm

35 mm

Around 30% better wide angle

Much larger screen

3.0"

2.5"

More than 20% larger screen

More zoom

10x

Around 6.5x more zoom

Higher resolution movies

720p @ 30fps

480p @ 30fps

Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The DSC-H55's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Slightly smaller

103x58x29 mm

95x62x31 mm

Around 10% smaller

Thinner

1.1"

1.2"

Around 10% thinner

Longer exposures

30s

15s

2x longer exposures

Cheaper

$200.00

$247.89

The best price we've seen is $48 cheaper (around 20% less)

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the Sony DSC-H55

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot A1100 IS

40	vs	51
Explain scores

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Snapsort recommends the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55. 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.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

	Slow max shutter speed
	1/1600 of a second

Quite thick

A1100 IS:	1.2"
DSC-H55:	1.1"

	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

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

Large

A1100 IS:	95x62x31 mm
DSC-H55:	103x58x29 mm

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

Poor movies

A1100 IS:	480p @ 30fps
DSC-H55:	720p @ 30fps

competitors

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Records higher quality movies

Is significantly smaller

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Is significantly smaller

Creates panoramas in-camera

Slightly shorter exposures

Much worse macro focusing

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Canon PowerShot A1200

Compact

$69

Much better wide angle

Supports 24p

No image stabilization

Slightly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot A1200 vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Canon PowerShot A1300

Compact

$109 - $119

Much better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

Heavier

Slightly lower true resolution

Compare the PowerShot A1300 vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Canon PowerShot A1000 IS

Compact

$276

No image stabilization

Lower resolution screen

Compare the PowerShot A1000 IS vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Travel zoom

Much better wide angle

Much larger screen

Significantly narrower aperture

Significantly larger

Compare the PowerShot SX200 IS vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Ultra compact

Much smaller

Higher resolution movies

Narrower aperture

No boost ISO

Compare the PowerShot SD780 IS vs the PowerShot A1100 IS

Sony Cybershot H70

Travel zoom

$180

Can create panoramas in-camera

Slightly more zoom

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly more shutter lag

Compare the Cybershot H70 vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5v

Travel zoom

Higher resolution movies

Has a CMOS-family sensor

Significantly lower true resolution

Smaller sensor

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-HX5v vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Travel zoom

$130 - $245

More zoom

Significantly better macro capability

Much larger

Significantly worse wide angle

Compare the PowerShot SX130 IS vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H90

Travel zoom

$248

Significantly more zoom

Can create panoramas in-camera

Larger

Thicker

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-H90 vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

Ultra compact

$178 - $198

Significantly wider aperture

Higher resolution movies

Significantly smaller screen

Less zoom

Compare the Cyber-shot WX50 vs the Cyber-shot DSC-H55

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Canon PowerShotA1100 IS vs Sony Cyber-shotDSC-H55

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Canon PowerShot A1100 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot A1100 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon A1100 IS

Advantages of the Sony DSC-H55

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 ELPH 300 HS

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Canon PowerShot A1100 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A1200

Canon PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot A1000 IS

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Sony Cybershot H70

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5v

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H90

Sony Cyber-shot WX50

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Canon PowerShot
A1100 IS
vs
Sony Cyber-shot
DSC-H55