Canon SD4500 IS vs SX210 IS

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Advantages of the Canon SD4500 IS

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 24fps

720p @ 30fps

Shoots higher resolution Full HD (1080p) video but at a lower frame rate

Supports 24p

Yes

Get that real film feel

Significantly smaller

101x59x22 mm

105x59x31 mm

More than 30% smaller

Records high-speed movies

240 fps

None

Capture events too fast for the naked eye and play them back in super-slow motion

Has a CMOS-family sensor

CMOS

CCD

CMOS-family sensors often produce better quality images

Significantly thinner

0.9"

1.3"

More than 30% thinner

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The SD4500 IS's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Shoots faster

3.7 fps

0.7 fps

Around 5.5x faster continuous shooting

Better macro capability

3 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 40% closer to the lens

Lighter

190 g

220 g

More than 10% lighter

Significantly cheaper

$139.00

$293.99

The best price we've seen is $155 cheaper (2.1x less)

Faster max shutter speed

1/4000s

1/3200s

20% faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Canon SD4500 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

Much better wide angle

28 mm

36 mm

More than 20% better wide angle

More zoom

14x

10x

Around 2x more zoom

Wider aperture

f/3.1

f/3.4

At its widest zoom, the SX210 IS's lens captures marginally more light (0.3 f-stops)

Slightly less shutter lag

390 ms

570 ms

More than 30% less delay when taking photos

Learn more about
the Canon SX210 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS

66	vs	60
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Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS.

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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

Very fast max shutter speeds

SD4500 IS:	1/4000s
SX210 IS:	1/3200s

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

Heavy

SD4500 IS:	190 g
SX210 IS:	220 g

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

Poor wide angle

SD4500 IS:	36 mm
SX210 IS:	28 mm

Compared to recent travel zooms

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

Slow continuous shooting

SD4500 IS:	3.7 fps
SX210 IS:	0.7 fps

	No built-in GPS
	Missing geo-tagging

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$239 - $307

Has a built-in GPS

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Is slightly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Travel zoom

$281 - $332

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Is significantly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX220 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX220 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has a slightly wider aperture

Has a slower max shutter speed

Has a significantly smaller screen

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has a much wider aperture

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is much more expensive

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$299

Has much more zoom

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Is significantly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Travel zoom

$237 - $289

Has significantly more zoom

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly shorter exposures

Compare the Coolpix S9100 vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the Coolpix S9100 vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Has a slightly wider aperture

Is slightly smaller

Has a slower max shutter speed

Has slightly less zoom

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

$195 - $196

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

Less zoom

Significantly slower max shutter speed

Compare the ELPH 310 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Canon ELPH 500 HS

Pro digicam

$188 - $293

Much better wide angle

Much wider aperture

Less zoom

Much slower max shutter speed

Compare the ELPH 500 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Canon ELPH 510 HS

Travel zoom

$239

Much better wide angle

Has a touch screen

No 24p support

Heavier

Compare the ELPH 510 HS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Pro digicam

$294

Much better wide angle

Much wider aperture

Lower resolution movies

No 24p support

Compare the PowerShot SD4000 IS vs the PowerShot SD4500 IS

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Travel zoom

$136 - $179

Significantly better macro capability

Significantly cheaper

Much larger

Narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot SX150 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Travel zoom

Significantly better macro capability

Narrower aperture

Less zoom

Compare the PowerShot SX200 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

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Canon PowerShotSD4500 IS vs Canon PowerShotSX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD4500 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Compared to recent travel zooms

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 500 HS

Canon ELPH 510 HS

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX150 IS

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

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Canon PowerShot
SD4500 IS
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Canon PowerShot
SX210 IS