Canon 550D vs Kodak C140

Let's look much closer at the Canon 550D versus Kodak C140, former being a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Canon and Kodak. There is a considerable difference between the sensor resolutions of the 550D (18MP) and C140 (8MP) and the 550D (APS-C) and C140 (1/2.5") enjoy totally different sensor dimensions.

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The 550D was brought out 15 months later than the C140 which makes the cameras a generation apart from each other. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Canon 550D being a Compact SLR camera and the Kodak C140 being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a quick summary of how the 550D scores against the C140 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Canon EOS 550D & Kodak EasyShare C140. The entire galleries are available at Canon 550D Gallery & Kodak C140 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera often, you should consider its weight and measurements. The Canon 550D comes with external dimensions of 129mm x 98mm x 62mm (5.1" x 3.9" x 2.4") along with a weight of 530 grams (1.17 lbs) whilst the Kodak C140 has proportions of 92mm x 63mm x 22mm (3.6" x 2.5" x 0.9") along with a weight of 160 grams (0.35 lbs).

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Don't forget, the weight of an ILC will differ depending on the lens you choose at the time. Following is the front view size comparison of the 550D versus the C140.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the 550D and C140 is 70 and 94 respectively.

Often, it is very hard to visualise the difference between sensor measurements merely by checking technical specs. The photograph below might offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the 550D and C140.

As you can tell, the two cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The 550D due to its bigger sensor will make getting bokeh simpler and the Canon 550D will resolve more detail having its extra 10MP. Higher resolution can also let you crop photographs somewhat more aggressively. The younger 550D will have a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.