Canon ELPH 510 HS vs Fujifilm S8600

Lets look more closely at the Canon ELPH 510 HS versus Fujifilm S8600, both Small Sensor Superzoom digital cameras by manufacturers Canon and FujiFilm. There exists a noticeable gap between the image resolutions of the ELPH 510 HS (12MP) and Fujifilm S8600 (16MP) but both cameras have the identical sensor sizes (1/2.3").

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The ELPH 510 HS was introduced 22 months earlier than the Fujifilm S8600 making them a generation away from one another. Each of the cameras feature different body design with the Canon ELPH 510 HS being a Compact camera and the Fujifilm S8600 being a SLR-like (bridge) camera.

Before getting into a in depth comparison, here is a concise summation of how the ELPH 510 HS matches up versus the Fujifilm S8600 with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon ELPH 510 HS & Fujifilm FinePix S8600. The whole galleries are available at Canon ELPH 510 HS Gallery & Fujifilm S8600 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to carry around your camera often, you will need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Canon ELPH 510 HS comes with outside dimensions of 99mm x 59mm x 22mm (3.9" x 2.3" x 0.9") along with a weight of 206 grams (0.45 lbs) whilst the Fujifilm S8600 has dimensions of 121mm x 81mm x 65mm (4.8" x 3.2" x 2.6") with a weight of 450 grams (0.99 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are using at that time. Below is a front view dimension comparison of the ELPH 510 HS against the Fujifilm S8600.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the ELPH 510 HS and Fujifilm S8600 is 93 and 76 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to visualize the contrast between sensor sizes purely by reading through specifications. The pic below may offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the ELPH 510 HS and Fujifilm S8600.

To sum up, both of those cameras feature the identical sensor size but different megapixels. You can expect to see the Fujifilm S8600 to resolve more detail using its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop images way more aggressively. The more aged ELPH 510 HS is going to be behind with regard to sensor tech.