Updated (February, 2011): Compare the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS vs Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Winner

vs

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Runner-up

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

	Really small
	Compact 105x59x31 mm

	Thin
	1.3"

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

	Great macro
	0 cm

differences

Advantages of the Canon SX200 IS

Significantly better macro capability

0 cm

5 cm

Almost the same

Learn more about
the Canon SX200 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

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)

Smaller

105x59x31 mm

103x61x38 mm

Around 20% smaller

More zoom

14x

12x

Around 40% more zoom

Thinner

1.3"

1.5"

Around 20% thinner

Less shutter lag

390 ms

460 ms

Around 20% 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 SX200 IS

52	vs	55
Explain scores

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS.

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

	Fast max shutter speeds
	1/3200 of a second

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

Quite thick

SX200 IS:	1.5"
SX210 IS:	1.3"

	Heavy
	220 g

	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

	Neither camera can take 3D photos
	No 3d support

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	1,600 ISO

Large

SX200 IS:	103x61x38 mm
SX210 IS:	105x59x31 mm

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Poor wide angle
	28 mm

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

	Both shoot high resolution HD movies
	720p @ 30fps

Compared to recent travel zooms

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

Significant shutter lag

SX200 IS:	460 ms
SX210 IS:	390 ms

	No high speed movie support
	Not supported

	No built-in GPS
	Missing geo-tagging

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$233 - $290

Has a built-in GPS

Records higher quality movies

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$228 - $249

Has significantly more zoom

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Has slightly more shutter lag

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Travel zoom

$219

Records higher quality movies

Has a slightly higher resolution screen

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the PowerShot SX220 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX220 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

Travel zoom

$268 - $299

Has significantly more zoom

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Significantly worse macro focusing

Has a slightly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot SX280 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX280 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Travel zoom

$149 - $209

Is much less expensive

Is thicker

Is significantly heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX240 HS

Travel zoom

$230 - $280

Has significantly more zoom

Has a significantly wider wide angle lens

Significantly worse macro focusing

Has a slightly narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot SX240 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX240 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Travel zoom

$247

Is significantly less expensive

Is thicker

Is significantly heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX130 IS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX130 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20

Travel zoom

Better maximum light sensitivity

Longer exposures

Much worse wide angle

Much larger

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-H20 vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Super zoom

$369 - $450

Much more zoom

Much better wide angle

Much larger

Much thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX50 HS vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Compact

$80

Much smaller

Better wide angle

Less zoom

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the Coolpix S3300 vs the PowerShot SX200 IS

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Ultra compact

Much smaller

Has a viewfinder

Much worse wide angle

Significantly less zoom

Compare the PowerShot SD780 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

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Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

vs

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SX200 IS

Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Compared to recent travel zooms

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Canon PowerShot SX240 HS

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Nikon Coolpix S3300