Canon SD40 vs Panasonic DMC-FX65

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Advantages of the Canon SD40

Lighter

120 g

146 g

Around 20% lighter

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the Canon SD40

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FX65

Much better wide angle

25 mm

38 mm

More than 30% better wide angle

Much larger screen

2.7"

1.8"

50% larger screen

Much higher true resolution

9.8 MP

7.1 MP

Capture around 40% more detail in your photos

Image stabilization

Lens

None

Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements

Wider aperture

f/2.8

f/3.2

At its widest zoom, the DMC-FX65's lens captures marginally more light (0.4 f-stops)

Higher resolution movies

720p @ 30fps

480p @ 30fps

Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

Significantly larger sensor

1/2.3" 6.1x4.6mm

1/2.5" 5.8x4.3mm

More than 10% larger sensor

Significantly better macro capability

5 cm

10 cm

Focus on subjects 2x closer to the lens

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

118k dots

More than 90% higher resolution screen

Slightly more zoom

2.4x

Around 4.5x more zoom

Thinner

0.7"

0.9"

More than 20% thinner

Much longer exposures

60s

15s

4x longer exposures

Shoots slightly faster

2.3 fps

1.6 fps

More than 40% faster continuous shooting

Faster max shutter speed

1/2000s

1/1600s

20% faster max shutter speed

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the Panasonic DMC-FX65

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SD40

43	vs	61
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX65

Snapsort recommends the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX65. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a ultra compact.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Fairly small

SD40:	96x45x24 mm
DMC-FX65:	97x54x19 mm

	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

SD40:	1.8"
DMC-FX65:	2.7"

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

Low resolution screens

SD40:	118k dots
DMC-FX65:	230k dots

Poor movies

SD40:	480p @ 30fps
DMC-FX65:	720p @ 30fps

Poor zoom

SD40:	2.4x
DMC-FX65:	5x

competitors

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Records higher quality movies

Records high-speed movies

Is slightly heavier

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SD40

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75

Compact

$319

Has a significantly wider aperture

Has a significantly larger screen

Is thicker

Is significantly heavier

Compare the Lumix DMC-FX75 vs the PowerShot SD40

Compare the Lumix DMC-FX75 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Has a significantly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Is thicker

Is much heavier

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SD40

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Samsung WB700

Travel zoom

$215

Much better wide angle

Much larger screen

Much heavier

Larger

Compare the WB700 vs the PowerShot SD40

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Travel zoom

$319 - $330

Much better wide angle

Much larger screen

Much larger

Much heavier

Compare the Cybershot DSC-HX9v vs the PowerShot SD40

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Much larger screen

Much better wide angle

Heavier

Slower max shutter speed

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot SD40

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150

Super zoom

$499 - $500

Much more zoom

Much better wide angle

Much larger

Much thicker

Compare the Lumix DMC-FZ150 vs the PowerShot SD40

Samsung CL5

Compact

Much larger screen

Much higher true resolution

Narrower aperture

Heavier

Compare the CL5 vs the PowerShot SD40

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35

Compact

Narrower aperture

Smaller screen

Compare the Lumix DMC-FX35 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH20

Travel zoom

$165 - $199

More zoom

Shoots faster

Narrower aperture

Significantly worse wide angle

Compare the Lumix DMC-FH20 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX66

Compact

Larger

Thicker

Compare the Lumix DMC-FX66 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX48

Compact

$266

Significantly faster max shutter speed

Lower resolution movies

Smaller screen

Compare the Lumix DMC-FX48 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

Nikon Coolpix P310

Pro digicam

$300 - $315

Much wider aperture

Much higher resolution screen

Much larger

Much thicker

Compare the Coolpix P310 vs the Lumix DMC-FX65

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Canon PowerShotSD40 vs Panasonic LumixDMC-FX65

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX65

Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX65

Canon PowerShot SD40

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SD40

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD40

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FX65

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75

Canon Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot SD40 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Samsung WB700

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150

Samsung CL5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX65 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH20

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX66

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX48

Nikon Coolpix P310

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Canon PowerShot
SD40
vs
Panasonic Lumix
DMC-FX65