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Canon PowerShot SX260 HS compare (Black)

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Product Canon PowerShot SX260 HS (Black) Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 Editors' choice Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS (Black)
Price $229.99 to $325.99 $602.94 to $649.99 $166.60
CNET editors' rating 4 stars 4 stars 4 stars
Average user rating 4 stars 4.5 stars 4 stars
Release date March 1, 2012 Info unavailable February 6, 2011
Bottom line
The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS' wider, longer lens, a few much-needed design tweaks, and excellent photo quality add up to one pretty great compact megazoom.
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100's compact, elegant design, generally excellent photo quality, bright, fast lens, and speedy performance make a great package if you don't mind spending a little more money.
If you're looking for a nice, simple ultracompact for use indoors and out, you'll want to strongly consider the Canon PowerShot Elph 300 HS.
Type

TFT active matrix - Color

LCD display - 3 in

TFT activematrix - Color

LCD display - 3 in

LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.7 in - Color

Product Type

Digital camera - Compact

Digital camera - Compact

Digital camera - Compact

Digital zoom

4 x

14 x

4 x

Light sensitivity

ISO 3200

ISO 1600

ISO 800

ISO 100

ISO 200

ISO 400

ISO auto

ISO 3200

ISO 125

ISO auto (125-6400)

ISO 1600

ISO 800

ISO 200

ISO 6400

ISO 400

ISO 3200

ISO 1600

ISO 800

ISO 100

ISO 200

ISO 400

ISO auto

Optical sensor type

BSI-CMOS

Exmor CMOS

CMOS

Dimensions (W x D x H)

4.2 in x 1.3 in x 2.4 in

4 in x 1.4 in x 2.3 in

3.6 in x 0.8 in x 2.2 in

Weight

7.3 oz

7.5 oz

4.3 oz

Lens System

20 x x Zoom lens - 4.5 mm - 90 mm - F/3.5-6.8

3.6 x x Zoom lens - 10.4 mm - 37.1 mm - F/1.8-4.9

5 x x Zoom lens - 4.3 mm - 21.5 mm - F/2.7-5.9

Video capture

H.264 - 1920 x 1080 -

H.264 - 1280 x 720 -

H.264 - 640 x 480 -

H.264 - 640 x 480 -

H.264 - 320 x 240 -

iFrame - 1280 x 720 -

AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 -

AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 -

AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 -

H.264 - 1440 x 1080 -

H.264 - 640 x 480 -

MOV - 1920 x 1080 -

MOV - 1280 x 720 -

MOV - 640 x 480 -

MOV - 640 x 480 -

MOV - 320 x 240 -

MOV - 320 x 240 -

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