Nikon L21 vs Samsung AQ100

differences

Advantages of the Nikon L21

Wider aperture

f/3.1

f/3.6

At its widest zoom, the L21's lens captures marginally more light (0.4 f-stops)

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the Nikon L21

Advantages of the Samsung AQ100

Significantly smaller

94x61x19 mm

92x67x28 mm

Around 40% smaller

Higher resolution movies

720p @ 30fps

480p

Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

Better wide angle

36 mm

38 mm

Around 10% better wide angle

Larger screen

2.7"

2.5"

Around 10% larger screen

Significantly better macro capability

1 cm

5 cm

Focus on subjects 5x closer to the lens

Significantly thinner

0.7"

1.1"

More than 30% thinner

Better maximum light sensitivity

3,200 ISO

1,600 ISO

The AQ100's maximum light sensitivity is 1 f-stop better

Significantly lighter

121 g

169 g

Around 30% lighter

Waterproof

Yes

Great for vacations and holidays at the beach, or around the pool

Slightly more zoom

3.6x

Around 2x more zoom

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the Samsung AQ100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Nikon Coolpix L21

38	vs	52
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Samsung AQ100

Snapsort recommends the Samsung AQ100. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a waterproof.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

	No image stabilization
	Risk of blur

Poor wide angle

L21:	38 mm
AQ100:	36 mm

	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

Very small screens

L21:	2.5"
AQ100:	2.7"

	No touchscreens
	More buttons

	Low resolution screens
	230k dots

Poor movies

L21:	480p
AQ100:	720p @ 30fps

Poor zoom

L21:	3.6x
AQ100:	5x

competitors

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S1

Compact

$89

Has a much wider wide angle lens

Has image stabilization

Significantly worse macro focusing

Compare the Lumix DMC-S1 vs the Coolpix L21

Compare the Lumix DMC-S1 vs the AQ100

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Travel zoom

$239 - $307

Much better wide angle

Higher resolution movies

Larger

Significantly heavier

Compare the PowerShot SX230 HS vs the Coolpix L21

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS6

Compact

$110

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Much worse macro capability

Compare the Lumix DMC-LS6 vs the Coolpix L21

Olympus VR320

Travel zoom

$145

Much better wide angle

Much larger screen

Compare the VR320 vs the Coolpix L21

Nikon Coolpix L18

Compact

$530

Much larger screen

Significantly better wide angle

Much lower true resolution

Much worse macro capability

Compare the Coolpix L18 vs the Coolpix L21

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Compact

$167

Much better wide angle

Significantly smaller

Worse macro capability

Slightly narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix S3000 vs the Coolpix L21

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Waterproof

$280

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Significantly larger

Narrower aperture

Compare the Coolpix AW100 vs the AQ100

Kodak EasyShare Sport C123

Waterproof

$99

Faster max shutter speed

Much larger

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the EasyShare Sport C123 vs the AQ100

Canon PowerShot D20

Waterproof

$329

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Much larger

Narrower aperture

Compare the PowerShot D20 vs the AQ100

Fujifilm FinePix XP30

Waterproof

$114 - $159

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Much worse macro capability

Significantly larger

Compare the FinePix XP30 vs the AQ100

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

Waterproof

Much better wide angle

Image stabilization

Significantly larger

Significantly worse macro capability

Compare the Lumix DMC-TS3 vs the AQ100

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Nikon Coolpix
L21
vs
Samsung
AQ100

Samsung AQ100

Reasons to buy the Samsung AQ100

Nikon Coolpix L21

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix L21

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Nikon L21

Advantages of the Samsung AQ100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S1

Nikon Coolpix L21 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS6

Olympus VR320

Nikon Coolpix L18

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Samsung AQ100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Kodak EasyShare Sport C123

Canon PowerShot D20

Fujifilm FinePix XP30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

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Nikon CoolpixL21 vs SamsungAQ100

Samsung AQ100

Reasons to buy the Samsung AQ100

Nikon Coolpix L21

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix L21

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Nikon L21

Advantages of the Samsung AQ100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S1

Nikon Coolpix L21 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS6

Olympus VR320

Nikon Coolpix L18

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Samsung AQ100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix AW100

Kodak EasyShare Sport C123

Canon PowerShot D20

Fujifilm FinePix XP30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

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Nikon Coolpix
L21
vs
Samsung
AQ100