Canon SX210 IS vs Sony DSC-HX9v

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Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

Much cheaper

$406.41

$1,813.11

The best price we've seen is $1,407 cheaper (4.5x less)

Wider aperture

f/3.1

f/3.3

At its widest zoom, the SX210 IS's lens captures marginally more light (0.2 f-stops)

Slightly smaller

105x59x31 mm

105x59x34 mm

Almost the same

Lighter

220 g

245 g

More than 10% lighter

Thinner

1.3"

Around 10% thinner

Significantly faster max shutter speed

1/3200s

1/1600s

2x faster max shutter speed

Learn more about
the Canon SX210 IS

Advantages of the Sony DSC-HX9v

Much better wide angle

24 mm

28 mm

More than 10% better wide angle

Has a GPS

Yes

Automatically geotags your photos when traveling

Much higher resolution screen

921k dots

230k dots

More than 4x higher resolution screen

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 60fps

720p @ 30fps

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

Takes 3D photos

Yes

Combines multiple photos into a 3D image

Has in-camera HDR

Yes

Combines multiple exposures to capture high dynamic range

Can create panoramas in-camera

Yes

Stitches together multiple photos for a wide perspective

Has a CMOS-family sensor

CMOS

CCD

CMOS-family sensors often produce better quality images

More zoom

16x

14x

More than 30% more zoom

Shoots significantly faster

10 fps

0.7 fps

Around 14.5x faster continuous shooting

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The DSC-HX9v's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Longer exposures

30s

15s

2x longer exposures

Learn more about
the Sony DSC-HX9v

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

55	vs	76
Explain scores

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Snapsort recommends the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v.

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

Great zoom

SX210 IS:	14x
DSC-HX9v:	16x

	Good image stabilization
	Lens

Very expensive

SX210 IS:	$406.41
DSC-HX9v:	$1,813.11

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

	Quite thick
	1.3"

Heavy

SX210 IS:	220 g
DSC-HX9v:	245 g

Large

SX210 IS:	105x59x31 mm
DSC-HX9v:	105x59x34 mm

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

Compared to recent travel zooms

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	No high speed movie support
	Not supported

competitors

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$235 - $290

Records high-speed movies

Records movies in 24p

Has a significantly shorter battery life

Has a much narrower wide angle lens

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

Travel zoom

$200 - $229

Has significantly more zoom

Records high-speed movies

Has slightly more shutter lag

Has a significantly shorter battery life

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Compare the PowerShot SX260 HS vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

$219

Supports 24p

Higher resolution movies

Slightly larger

Slightly thicker

Compare the PowerShot SX220 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

Travel zoom

$268 - $299

Has a GPS

Significantly better wide angle

Narrower aperture

Larger

Compare the PowerShot SX280 HS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Travel zoom

$149 - $209

More zoom

Significantly better macro capability

Much larger

Narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot SX160 IS vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Canon PowerShot S110

Pro digicam

$349 - $399

Much better wide angle

Much wider aperture

Significantly less zoom

More shutter lag

Compare the PowerShot S110 vs the PowerShot SX210 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V

Travel zoom

$300 - $383

More zoom

Better maximum light sensitivity

Worse wide angle

Larger

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V

Travel zoom

$413

Better maximum light sensitivity

Much cheaper

Worse wide angle

Slightly lower true resolution

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V

Travel zoom

$448

Much more zoom

Much cheaper

Larger

Narrower aperture

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7v

Travel zoom

Smaller

Thinner

Less zoom

Worse wide angle

Compare the Cyber-shot DSC-HX7v vs the Cybershot DSC-HX9v

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Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Reasons to buy the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Reasons to buy the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Canon SX210 IS

Advantages of the Sony DSC-HX9v

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

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H90

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Canon Powershot S100

Canon PowerShot SX240 HS

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS

Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

Canon PowerShot S110

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX7v

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