Updated (May, 2011): Compare the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS22 vs Samsung PL120

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11

55

Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11

Continuous shooting
Rapid fire
5.5 fps
Longest exposure
Long exposures
60 seconds
Samsung PL120

55

Reasons to buy the Samsung PL120

Touch screen
Touch screen
Less buttons

differences

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FS11

Aperture Wider aperture f/2.8 vs f/3.3
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At its widest zoom, the DMC-FS11's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops)
Movie format Shoots movies 720p @ 30fps vs None
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Shoots HD (720p) video as well as still pictures
Image stabilization Better image stabilization Lens vs Digital
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Less risk of blur
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Advantages of the Samsung PL120

Touch screen Has a touch screen Yes vs No
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Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus
Wide angle Better wide angle 26 mm vs 28 mm
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Around 10% better wide angle
Size Smaller 94x54x19 mm vs 98x55x24 mm
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Around 30% smaller
Thickness Thinner 0.7" vs 0.9"
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More than 20% thinner
Lowest price Much cheaper $90.00 vs $308.69
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The best price we've seen is $219 cheaper (3.4x less)
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11
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Samsung PL120 Samsung PL120
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 compact with a ultra 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.

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
2.7"
Screen resolution Low resolution screens Help
230k dots
Movie format One shoots movies Help
DMC-FS11:720p @ 30fps
PL120:None
Zoom Poor zoom Help
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competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A2200

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Macro focus Slightly closer macro focusing
Weight Is slightly lighter
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Lowest price Is slightly more expensive
Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3

Compact

$99

Weight Is significantly lighter
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Continuous shooting Doesn't shoot as fast continuously
Nikon Coolpix L26

Nikon Coolpix L26

Compact

$100

Screen size Has a significantly larger screen
Fastest shutter speed Has a faster max shutter speed
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Thickness Is thicker
Sony Cybershot DSC-W610

Sony Cybershot DSC-W610

Ultra compact

$108

Light sensitivity Slightly higher maximum light sensitivity
Panorama Creates panoramas in-camera
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Continuous shooting Doesn't shoot as fast continuously
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH5

Ultra compact

Continuous shooting Doesn't shoot as fast continuously
Wide angle Has a slightly narrower wide angle lens
Samsung ST66

Samsung ST66

Digicam

$154 - $156

Aperture Has a slightly wider aperture
Panorama Creates panoramas in-camera
Lowest price Is slightly more expensive

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2

Ultra compact

$129

Size Smaller
Thickness Thinner
Aperture Narrower aperture
Continuous shooting Shoots slower
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH8

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH8

Compact

$149

Wide angle Significantly better wide angle
Screen size Significantly larger screen
Continuous shooting Shoots slower
True resolution Lower true resolution
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30

Travel zoom

Zoom More zoom
Aperture Narrower aperture
Size Larger
Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Compact

$129

Screen size Significantly larger screen
Macro focus Better macro capability
Shutter lag Much more shutter lag
Light sensitivity (boost) No boost ISO
Canon IXUS 220 HS

Canon IXUS 220 HS

Compact

$185 - $242

Movie format Higher resolution movies
Wide angle Significantly better wide angle
Continuous shooting Shoots slower
Longest exposure Much shorter max exposures

Samsung PL120 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Samsung PL170

Samsung PL170

Compact

$153

Movie format Shoots movies
Screen size Significantly larger screen
Size Slightly larger
Lowest price More expensive
Nikon Coolpix S3100

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Movie format Shoots movies
Panorama Can create panoramas in-camera
Touch screen No touch screen
Lowest price More expensive
Samsung PL210

Samsung PL210

Travel zoom

$166

Movie format Shoots movies
Screen size Significantly larger screen
Touch screen No touch screen
Wide angle Worse wide angle
Sony Cybershot W530

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Ultra compact

$171

Aperture Significantly wider aperture
Panorama Can create panoramas in-camera
Touch screen No touch screen
Lowest price More expensive
Samsung PL150

Samsung PL150

Compact

$169

Movie format Shoots movies
Screen size Significantly larger screen
Touch screen No touch screen
Aperture Narrower aperture

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