Canon PowerShot
SX20 IS
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Panasonic Lumix
DMC-ZS3
SX20 IS
DMC-ZS3
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recommendations
Relative to your last search
Criteria: The best digital cameras
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Canon PowerShot SX20 IS |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 |  |
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Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a super zoom with a travel zoom. |
Relative to the best recent digicams, and ignoring price
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Canon PowerShot SX20 IS |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 | |
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Snapsort recommends the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a super zoom with a travel zoom. |
differences
Reasons to consider the Canon SX20 IS |
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Significantly more zoom | 20x | vs | 12x |  |
Around 3x more zoom | ||||
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Has a flip-out screen | Yes | vs | No | |
Flip-out screens can be helpful when composing tricky shots or taking movies | ||||
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Wider aperture | f/2.8 | vs | f/3.3 | |
At its widest zoom, the SX20 IS's lens captures marginally more light (0.5 f-stops) | ||||
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Better macro capability | 0 cm | vs | 3 cm | |
Almost the same | ||||
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Supports an external flash | Yes | vs | No | |
An external flash often produces better looking flash images | ||||
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Has a viewfinder | Digital | vs | None | |
A viewfinder can help save battery life by keeping the screen turned off | ||||
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Slightly higher resolution | 9.8 MP | vs | 9.8 MP | |
Almost the same | ||||
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Faster max shutter speed | 1/3200s | vs | 1/2000s | |
60% faster max shutter speed | ||||
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Reasons to consider the Panasonic DMC-ZS3 |
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Much smaller | 103x60x33 mm | vs | 128x88x87 mm | |
Around 5x smaller | ||||
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Much larger screen | 3.0" | vs | 2.5" | |
More than 20% larger screen | ||||
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Significantly higher resolution screen | 460k dots | vs | 230k dots | |
2x higher resolution screen | ||||
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Better wide-angle | 25 mm | vs | 28 mm | |
More than 10% better wide-angle | ||||
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Much lighter | 229 g | vs | 600 g | |
More than 2.5x lighter | ||||
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Much thinner | 1.3" | vs | 3.4" | |
More than 2.5x thinner | ||||
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Has boost ISO | 6,400 ISO | vs | None | |
Allows taking photos in darker situations, often at the cost of additional noise in the image | ||||
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Shoots faster | 2.3 fps | vs | 0.7 fps | |
Around 3.5x faster continuous shooting | ||||
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Much longer exposures | 60s | vs | 15s | |
4x longer exposures | ||||
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similarities
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competitors
Shared Competitors |
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Canon PowerShot G11Pro digicam $429 - $520 |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35Super zoom $293 - $400 |
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Canon PowerShot SX210 ISTravel zoom $294 - $350 |
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Canon PowerShot SX120 ISTravel zoom $199 - $242 |
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Canon PowerShot SX200 ISTravel zoom $249 |
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Canon PowerShot SX20 IS Competitors |
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Nikon Coolpix P100Super zoom $340 - $400 |
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1Super zoom $350 - $380 |
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Fujifilm FinePix HS10Super zoom $403 - $409 |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100Super zoom $494 - $500 |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Competitors |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5Travel zoom $227 - $288 |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7Travel zoom $278 - $399 |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR3Travel zoom $209 - $300 |
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Canon PowerShot S90Pro digicam $334 - $424 |
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5Travel zoom $350 |
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