Canon A490 vs Leica TL

Below is a extensive review of the Canon A490 versus Leica TL, former being a Small Sensor Compact while the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by manufacturers Canon and Leica. There is a substantial difference among the resolutions of the A490 (10MP) and TL (16MP) and the A490 (1/2.3") and TL (APS-C) provide different sensor size.

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The A490 was unveiled 7 years prior to the TL and that is a fairly big difference as far as camera tech is concerned. Both cameras have different body design with the Canon A490 being a Compact camera and the Leica TL being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before we go right into a step-by-step comparison, here is a quick highlight of how the A490 matches up against the TL when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a sample of the gallery pictures for Canon PowerShot A490 & Leica TL. The full galleries are viewable at Canon A490 Gallery & Leica TL Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to lug around your camera often, you are going to need to factor its weight and dimensions. The Canon A490 has outer dimensions of 94mm x 62mm x 31mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 1.2") and a weight of 175 grams (0.39 lbs) and the Leica TL has dimensions of 134mm x 69mm x 33mm (5.3" x 2.7" x 1.3") with a weight of 384 grams (0.85 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary based on the lens you are using at that moment. Underneath is a front view proportions comparison of the A490 versus the TL.

Using size and weight, the portability grade of the A490 and TL is 93 and 85 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to visualize the difference in sensor measurements purely by going through specs. The photograph here will provide you a clearer sense of the sensor sizes in the A490 and TL.

All in all, both the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The A490 using its smaller sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF harder and the Leica TL will show more detail having an extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also let you crop images more aggressively. The older A490 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.