Canon A810 vs Nikon P330

Here is a complete overview of the Canon A810 versus Nikon P330, both Small Sensor Compact cameras by competitors Canon and Nikon. There exists a considerable gap among the sensor resolutions of the A810 (16MP) and P330 (12MP) and the A810 (1/2.3") and P330 (1/1.7") enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The A810 was manufactured 13 months before the P330 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both the cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving through a step-by-step comparison, below is a quick summation of how the A810 scores against the P330 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon PowerShot A810 & Nikon Coolpix P330. The entire galleries are viewable at Canon A810 Gallery & Nikon P330 Gallery.

If you are going to carry your camera often, you will have to factor its weight and dimensions. The Canon A810 comes with outer dimensions of 95mm x 62mm x 30mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 1.2") with a weight of 171 grams (0.38 lbs) whilst the Nikon P330 has dimensions of 103mm x 58mm x 32mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 200 grams (0.44 lbs).

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Keep in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you are employing at the time. Following is the front view size comparison of the A810 versus the P330.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability rating of the A810 and P330 is 93 and 92 respectively.

Quite often, it is very difficult to imagine the difference in sensor sizing simply by going through specs. The visual here will offer you a far better sense of the sensor sizes in the A810 and P330.

As you can plainly see, both the cameras offer different resolutions and different sensor sizing. The A810 because of its smaller sensor is going to make shooting shallower DOF tougher and the Canon A810 will produce greater detail due to its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop images a little more aggressively. The older A810 will be behind with regard to sensor innovation.