Canon A490 vs Panasonic SZ3

The following is a in depth assessment of the Canon A490 and Panasonic SZ3, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by brands Canon and Panasonic. There is a huge difference among the image resolutions of the A490 (10MP) and SZ3 (16MP) but they possess the exact same sensor size (1/2.3").

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The A490 was brought out 4 years before the SZ3 which is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving straight into a comprehensive comparison, below is a brief highlight of how the A490 matches up versus the SZ3 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon PowerShot A490 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ3. The entire galleries are viewable at Canon A490 Gallery and Panasonic SZ3 Gallery.

For those who are intending to travel with your camera often, you're going to have to take into account its weight and size. The Canon A490 provides outside dimensions of 94mm x 62mm x 31mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 1.2") accompanied by a weight of 175 grams (0.39 lbs) and the Panasonic SZ3 has specifications of 95mm x 56mm x 22mm (3.7" x 2.2" x 0.9") with a weight of 126 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Do not forget, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change based on the lens you have chosen at that moment. Here is the front view dimensions comparison of the A490 versus the SZ3.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the A490 and SZ3 is 93 and 96 respectively.

Often, it is hard to visualise the difference in sensor dimensions purely by researching technical specs. The pic below will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the A490 and SZ3.

As you can tell, both cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements but not the same megapixels. You should expect to see the Panasonic SZ3 to result in more detail having its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The more aged A490 will be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor technology.