Canon A490 vs Panasonic DMC-TS1

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Advantages of the Canon A490

Wider aperture

f/3.0

f/3.3

At its widest zoom, the A490's lens captures marginally more light (0.3 f-stops)

Significantly better macro capability

1 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 5x closer to the lens

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

Almost the same

Lighter

175 g

189 g

Around 10% lighter

Slightly larger sensor

1/2.3" 6.2x4.6mm

1/2.3" 6.1x4.6mm

Almost the same

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the Canon A490

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-TS1

Much better wide angle

28 mm

37 mm

More than 20% better wide angle

Image stabilization

Lens

None

Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements

Higher resolution movies

720p @ 30fps

480p @ 30fps

Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

Larger screen

2.7"

2.5"

Around 10% larger screen

Smaller

98x63x23 mm

94x62x31 mm

More than 20% smaller

Has boost ISO

6,400 ISO

None

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

Higher resolution screen

230k dots

115k dots

2x higher resolution screen

Significantly thinner

0.9"

1.2"

Around 30% thinner

Waterproof

Yes

Great for vacations and holidays at the beach, or around the pool

Slightly more zoom

4.6x

3.3x

More than 90% more zoom

Much longer exposures

60s

15s

4x longer exposures

Shoots slightly faster

2.3 fps

0.9 fps

More than 2.5x faster continuous shooting

Significantly faster max shutter speed

1/3000s

1/2000s

More than 30% faster max shutter speed

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the Panasonic DMC-TS1

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot A490

37	vs	52
Explain scores

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1

Snapsort recommends the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a waterproof.

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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.

	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

Very small screens

A490:	2.5"
DMC-TS1:	2.7"

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

Low resolution screens

A490:	115k dots
DMC-TS1:	230k dots

Poor movies

A490:	480p @ 30fps
DMC-TS1:	720p @ 30fps

Poor wide angle

A490:	37 mm
DMC-TS1:	28 mm

Poor zoom

A490:	3.3x
DMC-TS1:	4.6x

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$299

Has way more more zoom

Records higher quality movies

Is significantly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot A490

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot A490

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Canon PowerShot A800

Compact

$84 - $90

Slightly cheaper

Slightly lower true resolution

Slightly smaller sensor

Compare the PowerShot A800 vs the PowerShot A490

Canon PowerShot A1200

Compact

$69

Much better wide angle

Supports 24p

Worse macro capability

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot A1200 vs the PowerShot A490

Canon PowerShot A480

Compact

$137

Lighter

More expensive

Compare the PowerShot A480 vs the PowerShot A490

Canon PowerShot A495

Compact

$109

Compare the PowerShot A495 vs the PowerShot A490

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Much better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

Worse macro capability

Slightly lower true resolution

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot A490

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

Waterproof

Higher resolution movies

Has a GPS

Larger

Thicker

Compare the Lumix DMC-TS3 vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS2

Waterproof

Slightly larger

Much slower max shutter speed

Compare the Lumix DMC-TS2 vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS10

Waterproof

$266

Shoots faster

Lighter

Much worse wide angle

Narrower aperture

Compare the Lumix DMC-TS10 vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Panasonic Lumix TS4

Waterproof

$274 - $400

Higher resolution movies

Takes 3D photos

Larger

Lower true resolution

Compare the Lumix TS4 vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Waterproof

$280

Higher resolution movies

Significantly larger screen

Significantly narrower aperture

Larger

Compare the Coolpix AW100 vs the Lumix DMC-TS1

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Canon PowerShotA490 vs Panasonic LumixDMC-TS1

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Canon PowerShot A490

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot A490

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

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Advantages of the Canon A490

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-TS1

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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon PowerShot A490 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A800

Canon PowerShot A1200

Canon PowerShot A480

Canon PowerShot A495

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS2

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS10

Panasonic Lumix TS4

Nikon Coolpix AW100

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Canon PowerShot
A490
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Panasonic Lumix
DMC-TS1