Canon SD780 IS vs Panasonic DMC-FH2

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Advantages of the Canon SD780 IS

Has a viewfinder

Tunnel

None

A viewfinder can help save battery life by keeping the screen turned off

Better macro capability

3 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 40% closer to the lens

Slightly smaller

87x56x18 mm

94x53x18 mm

Around 10% smaller

Slightly higher true resolution

9.8 MP

Almost the same

Slightly larger sensor

1/2.3" 6.2x4.6mm

1/2.3" 6.1x4.6mm

Almost the same

Slightly thinner

0.7"

Almost the same

Slightly lighter

160 g

165 g

Almost the same

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the Canon SD780 IS

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FH2

Much better wide angle

28 mm

33 mm

Around 20% better wide angle

Larger screen

2.7"

2.5"

Around 10% larger screen

Has boost ISO

6,400 ISO

None

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

Slightly wider aperture

f/3.1

f/3.2

At its widest zoom, the DMC-FH2's lens captures marginally more light (0.1 f-stops)

Much longer exposures

60s

15s

4x longer exposures

Faster max shutter speed

1/1600s

1/1500s

Around 10% faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Panasonic DMC-FH2

recommendations

Relative to the best recent ultra compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

56	vs	64
Explain scores

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2

Snapsort recommends the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2.

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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Fairly small

SD780 IS:	87x56x18 mm
DMC-FH2:	94x53x18 mm

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

	Thin
	0.7"

Slow max shutter speed

SD780 IS:	1/1500s
DMC-FH2:	1/1600s

	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

SD780 IS:	2.5"
DMC-FH2:	2.7"

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

Poor wide angle

SD780 IS:	33 mm
DMC-FH2:	28 mm

Poor zoom

SD780 IS:	3x
DMC-FH2:	4x

Compared to recent ultra compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

Heavy

SD780 IS:	160 g
DMC-FH2:	165 g

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

competitors

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records higher quality movies

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS

Compact

$178

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

Lower resolution movies

No viewfinder

Compare the PowerShot SD1300 IS vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Much better wide angle

Much wider aperture

Significantly larger

No viewfinder

Compare the Powershot S100 vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Canon PowerShot A1300

Compact

$109 - $119

Much better wide angle

Larger screen

Much larger

Much thicker

Compare the PowerShot A1300 vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Ultra compact

$225

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

No viewfinder

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot SD1400 IS vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Canon PowerShot SD940 IS

Ultra compact

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

No viewfinder

Slightly larger

Compare the PowerShot SD940 IS vs the PowerShot SD780 IS

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Better wide angle

Can create panoramas in-camera

Significantly worse macro capability

Worse image stabilization

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Ultra compact

$171

Wider aperture

Better wide angle

Lower resolution movies

Much shorter max exposures

Compare the Cybershot DSC-W530 vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Sony Cybershot DSC-W610

Ultra compact

$108

Wider aperture

Better wide angle

No image stabilization

Lower resolution movies

Compare the Cybershot DSC-W610 vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Compact

$99

Significantly lighter

Slightly cheaper

Larger

Much shorter max exposures

Compare the Lumix DMC-S3 vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Wider aperture

Better macro capability

No image stabilization

Larger

Compare the PowerShot A2200 vs the Lumix DMC-FH2

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Canon PowerShotSD780 IS vs Panasonic LumixDMC-FH2

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2

Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent ultra compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD780 IS

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FH2

recommendations

Relative to the best recent ultra compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Compared to recent ultra compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS

Canon Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot A1300

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Canon PowerShot SD940 IS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Sony Cybershot DSC-W610

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Canon PowerShot A2200

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Canon PowerShot
SD780 IS
vs
Panasonic Lumix
DMC-FH2