Canon A3200 IS vs Nikon S33

Its time to take a closer look at the Canon A3200 IS vs Nikon S33, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by companies Canon and Nikon. The image resolution of the A3200 IS (14MP) and the S33 (13MP) is fairly close but the A3200 IS (1/2.3") and S33 (1/3.1") enjoy different sensor sizes.

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The A3200 IS was manufactured 5 years before the S33 and that is a fairly serious difference as far as camera tech is concerned. The two cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before delving in to a more detailed comparison, below is a concise synopsis of how the A3200 IS matches up versus the S33 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pictures for Canon PowerShot A3200 IS & Nikon Coolpix S33. The entire galleries are viewable at Canon A3200 IS Gallery & Nikon S33 Gallery.

For anybody who is planning to lug around your camera often, you have to factor its weight and measurements. The Canon A3200 IS offers outside dimensions of 95mm x 57mm x 24mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 149 grams (0.33 lbs) whilst the Nikon S33 has proportions of 110mm x 66mm x 27mm (4.3" x 2.6" x 1.1") and a weight of 221 grams (0.49 lbs).

Take a look at the Canon A3200 IS vs Nikon S33 in our completely new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you are utilising at the time. Below is the front view scale comparison of the A3200 IS against the S33.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the A3200 IS and S33 is 95 and 91 respectively.

In many cases, its hard to picture the contrast in sensor measurements only by viewing technical specs. The visual here will help provide you a stronger sense of the sensor dimensions in the A3200 IS and S33.

As you can tell, both of those cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A3200 IS due to its larger sensor is going to make getting shallow depth of field less difficult and the Canon A3200 IS will render more detail due to its extra 1 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older A3200 IS will be behind in sensor innovation.