Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

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Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Size
Really small
Ultra compact 87x56x18 mm
Thickness
Thin
0.7"
Viewfinder
Great viewfinder
Tunnel
Pentax Optio P80

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Reasons to buy the Pentax Optio P80

Wide angle
Wide angle lens
27 mm
Light sensitivity
High ISO
6,400 ISO
Weight
Light-weight
125 g

differences

Advantages of the Canon SD780 IS

Image stabilization Image stabilization Lens vs None
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Helps eliminate blur caused by small camera movements
Size Significantly smaller 87x56x18 mm vs 102x59x25 mm
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More than 40% smaller
Macro focus Much better macro capability 3 cm vs 10 cm
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Focus on subjects 3.3x closer to the lens
Viewfinder Has a viewfinder Tunnel vs None
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A viewfinder can help save battery life by keeping the screen turned off
Thickness Significantly thinner 0.7" vs 1"
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Around 30% thinner
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed 1/1500s vs 1/1000s
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More than 30% 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 Pentax P80

Wide angle Much better wide angle 27 mm vs 33 mm
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Around 20% better wide angle
Aperture Significantly wider aperture f/2.6 vs f/3.2
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At its widest zoom, the P80's lens captures slightly more light (0.6 f-stops)
Light sensitivity Better maximum light sensitivity 6,400 ISO vs 1,600 ISO
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The P80's maximum light sensitivity is 2 f-stops better
Screen size Larger screen 2.7" vs 2.5"
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Around 10% larger screen
Weight Lighter 125 g vs 160 g
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More than 20% lighter
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
58 vs 56
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Pentax Optio P80 Pentax Optio P80
Green arrow Too close to call! Snapsort considers these cameras too competitive to make a clear recommendation. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a ultra compact with a compact.

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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.

Fastest shutter speed Slow max shutter speed Help
SD780 IS:1/1500s
P80:1/1000s
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
Screen size Very small screens Help
SD780 IS:2.5"
P80:2.7"
Touch screen No touchscreens Help
More buttons
Screen resolution Low resolution screens Help
230k dots
Movie format Both shoot high resolution HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps
Zoom Poor zoom Help
SD780 IS:3x
P80:4.1x

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Movie format Records higher quality movies
Wide angle Has a slightly wider wide angle lens
Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$103 - $189

Movie format Records higher quality movies
Screen size Has a significantly larger screen
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$294 - $299

Zoom Has way more more zoom
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is much heavier

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon Powershot S100

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$356 - $430

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Much wider aperture
Size Significantly larger
Viewfinder No viewfinder
Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS

Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS

Compact

$178

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Wider aperture
Movie format Lower resolution movies
Viewfinder No viewfinder
Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Ultra compact

$225

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Wider aperture
Viewfinder No viewfinder
Size Slightly larger
Canon PowerShot SD940 IS

Canon PowerShot SD940 IS

Ultra compact

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Aperture Wider aperture
Viewfinder No viewfinder
Size Slightly larger
Canon ELPH 310 HS

Canon ELPH 310 HS

Travel zoom

$195 - $196

Wide angle Much better wide angle
Screen size Much larger screen
Viewfinder No viewfinder
Size Larger

Pentax Optio P80 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1

Compact

$122

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Macro focus Significantly better macro capability
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Aperture Narrower aperture
Nikon Coolpix S3100

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Size Significantly smaller
Aperture Significantly narrower aperture
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Pentax Optio M60

Pentax Optio M60

Compact

Size Smaller
Fastest shutter speed Much faster max shutter speed
Wide angle Much worse wide angle
Aperture Significantly narrower aperture
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10

Compact

Image stabilization Image stabilization
Size Smaller
True resolution Much lower true resolution
Wide angle Much worse wide angle
Casio Exilim EX-ZS6

Casio Exilim ZS6

Compact

$154

Screen flips out Has a flip-out screen
Size Smaller
Light sensitivity Worse maximum light sensitivity
Aperture Narrower aperture

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