Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS

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Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS

Wide angle
Wide angle lens
24 mm
Screen size
Large screen
3.5"
Size
Really small
Super compact 99x56x22 mm
Touch screen
Touch screen
Less buttons
Thickness
Thin
0.9"
Weight
Light-weight
160 g
Casio Exilim EX-G1

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Runner-up

Casio Exilim EX-G1

Reasons to buy the Casio Exilim EX-G1

Size
Really small
Compact 104x64x20 mm
Thickness
Thin
0.8"
Weight
Light-weight
154 g
Waterproof
Waterproof
Great at the beach

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD3500 IS

Wide angle Much better wide angle 24 mm vs 38 mm
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Around 40% better wide angle
Aperture Much wider aperture f/2.8 vs f/3.9
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At its widest zoom, the SD3500 IS's lens captures slightly more light (1 f-stop)
Screen size Much larger screen 3.5" vs 3.0"
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Around 20% larger screen
Image stabilization Image stabilization Lens vs None
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Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements
Touch screen Has a touch screen Yes vs No
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Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus
Macro focus Much better macro capability 3 cm vs 10 cm
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Focus on subjects 3.3x closer to the lens
Movie format Higher resolution movies 720p @ 30fps vs 848 x 480 @ 30fps
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Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 460k dots vs 230k dots
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2x higher resolution screen
Size Slightly smaller 99x56x22 mm vs 104x64x20 mm
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Around 10% smaller
Zoom Slightly more zoom 5x vs 3x
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Around 3x more zoom
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed 1/3000s vs 1/1250s
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2.4x faster max shutter speed
Longest exposure Longer exposures 15s vs 4s
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Around 4x longer exposures
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Advantages of the Casio EX-G1

Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity 3,200 ISO vs 1,600 ISO
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The EX-G1's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better
Waterproof Waterproof Yes vs No
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Great for vacations and holidays at the beach, or around the pool
Continuous shooting Shoots faster 3 fps vs 0.7 fps
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Around 4.5x faster continuous shooting
Thickness Thinner 0.8" vs 0.9"
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Around 10% thinner
Lowest price Cheaper $189.99 vs $273.99
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The best price we've seen is $84 cheaper (more than 30% less)
Weight Slightly lighter 154 g vs 160 g
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Almost the same
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS
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Green arrow Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS. 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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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths Common Weaknesses

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

Light sensitivity (boost) No boost ISO Help
Lacks boost light sensitivity
Panorama Neither camera stitches together panoramas Help
You could stitch photos in post
Sensor type Lower-end sensor types Help
CCD
HDR Neither has in-camera HDR Help
You could do HDR manually
Movie format Poor movies Help
SD3500 IS:720p @ 30fps
EX-G1:848 x 480 @ 30fps
Zoom Poor zoom Help
SD3500 IS:5x
EX-G1:3x

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

No significant shared competitors found.

Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Movie format Higher resolution movies
Supports 24p Supports 24p
Screen size Much smaller screen
Touch screen No touch screen
Canon ELPH 500 HS

Canon ELPH 500 HS

Pro digicam

$188 - $293

Aperture Significantly wider aperture
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Size Larger
Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Pro digicam

$294

Aperture Significantly wider aperture
High-speed framerate Records high-speed movies
Screen size Much smaller screen
Wide angle Significantly worse wide angle
Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

$195 - $196

Movie format Higher resolution movies
Supports 24p Supports 24p
Screen size Much smaller screen
Wide angle Significantly worse wide angle
Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Ultra compact

$225

Size Smaller
Weight Lighter
Screen size Much smaller screen
Wide angle Significantly worse wide angle

Casio Exilim EX-G1 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Waterproof

$280

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Size Larger
Weight Heavier
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

Waterproof

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Size Significantly larger
Fujifilm FinePix XP30

Fujifilm FinePix XP30

Waterproof

$114 - $159

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Image stabilization Image stabilization
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Size Larger
Olympus TG-620

Olympus TG-620

Waterproof

$305 - $324

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Size Slightly larger
True resolution Slightly lower true resolution
Olympus Stylus Tough-3000

Olympus Stylus Tough-3000

Waterproof

$188

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Image stabilization Image stabilization
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity

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Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Casio Exilim EX-G1
Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Casio Exilim EX-G1

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