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
Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR

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Reasons to buy the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR

True resolution
High true resolution
10.6 MP
Sensor size
Large sensor
1/2" 6.4x4.8mm
Light sensitivity (boost)
High ISO (boost)
12,800 ISO

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD3500 IS

Screen size Much larger screen 3.5" vs 3.0"
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Around 20% larger screen
Aperture Wider aperture f/2.8 vs f/3.3
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At its widest zoom, the SD3500 IS's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops)
Wide angle Significantly better wide angle 24 mm vs 27 mm
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More than 10% better wide angle
Touch screen Has a touch screen Yes vs No
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Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus
Size Smaller 99x56x22 mm vs 99x59x28 mm
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Around 30% smaller
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 460k dots vs 230k dots
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2x higher resolution screen
Image stabilization Better image stabilization Lens vs Sensor shift
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Less risk of blur
Weight Significantly lighter 160 g vs 210 g
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More than 20% lighter
Macro focus Better macro capability 3 cm vs 5 cm
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Focus on subjects 40% closer to the lens
Thickness Thinner 0.9" vs 1.1"
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More than 20% thinner
Fastest shutter speed Significantly faster max shutter speed 1/3000s vs 1/2000s
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More than 30% faster max shutter speed
Longest exposure Longer exposures 15s vs 8s
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Around 90% longer exposures
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Advantages of the Fujifilm F80EXR

Zoom More zoom 10x vs 5x
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4x more zoom
True resolution Significantly higher true resolution 10.6 MP vs 9.8 MP
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Capture around 10% more detail in your photos
Light sensitivity (boost) Has boost ISO 12,800 ISO vs None
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Allows taking photos in darker situations, often at the cost of additional noise in the image
Sensor size Significantly larger sensor 1/2" 6.4x4.8mm vs 1/2.3" 6.2x4.6mm
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Around 10% larger sensor
Continuous shooting Shoots faster 4.3 fps vs 0.7 fps
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More than 6x faster continuous shooting
Lowest price Cheaper $171.41 vs $273.99
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The best price we've seen is $103 cheaper (around 40% less)
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

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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 travel zoom.

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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.

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
Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
1,600 ISO
Movie format Both shoot high resolution HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Movie format Records higher quality movies
Size Is slightly smaller
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Screen size Has a significantly smaller screen
Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

$195 - $196

Movie format Records higher quality movies
High-speed framerate Records high-speed movies
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Wide angle Has a significantly narrower wide angle lens
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$136 - $179

Macro focus Slightly closer macro focusing
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Thickness Is thicker
Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Movie format Records higher quality movies
High-speed framerate Records high-speed movies
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Wide angle Has a significantly narrower wide angle lens
Canon Powershot S100

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Aperture Has a significantly wider aperture
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Lowest price Is significantly more expensive

Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

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 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
Nikon Coolpix S8200

Nikon Coolpix S8200

Travel zoom

$229

Zoom Significantly more zoom
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Screen size Much smaller screen
Size Significantly larger

Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR

Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR

Travel zoom

$186 - $289

Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity
Size Smaller
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Movie format Lower resolution movies
Kodak Easyshare Z990 MAX

Kodak Easyshare Z990 MAX

Super zoom

Zoom Much more zoom
Movie format Higher resolution movies
Size Much larger
Thickness Much thicker
Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR

Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR

Compact

$293

Sensor size Much larger sensor
True resolution Much higher true resolution
Movie format Lower resolution movies
Zoom Less zoom
Nikon Coolpix S6200

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Travel zoom

$177 - $223

Wide angle Better wide angle
Size Smaller
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
True resolution Significantly lower true resolution

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