Canon A2500 vs Canon G12

Below is a complete comparison of the Canon A2500 vs Canon G12, both Small Sensor Compact cameras and both are offered by Canon. There exists a substantial gap among the sensor resolutions of the A2500 (16MP) and G12 (10MP) and the A2500 (1/2.3") and G12 (1/1.7") use different sensor size.

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The A2500 was announced 2 years later than the G12 and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before we go through a in depth comparison, below is a concise summary of how the A2500 scores vs the G12 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon PowerShot A2500 & Canon PowerShot G12. The whole galleries are available at Canon A2500 Gallery & Canon G12 Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera often, you will want to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Canon A2500 enjoys outer measurements of 98mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.9" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 135 grams (0.30 lbs) and the Canon G12 has dimensions of 112mm x 76mm x 48mm (4.4" x 3.0" x 1.9") having a weight of 401 grams (0.88 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have chosen at that time. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the A2500 and the G12.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the A2500 and G12 is 96 and 83 respectively.

Sometimes, it's hard to imagine the gap in sensor measurements purely by viewing a spec sheet. The graphic here will help give you a stronger sense of the sensor sizing in the A2500 and G12.

Clearly, both cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A2500 with its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field trickier and the Canon A2500 will result in extra detail with its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The more modern A2500 should have a benefit with regard to sensor innovation.