Canon N Facebook ready vs Nikon S30

Let's look much closer at the Canon N Facebook ready and Nikon S30, both Small Sensor Compact digital cameras by manufacturers Canon and Nikon. The resolution of the N Facebook ready (12MP) and the S30 (10MP) is fairly well matched but the N Facebook ready (1/2.3") and S30 (1/3") feature totally different sensor sizes.

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The N Facebook ready was unveiled 19 months later than the S30 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Each of these cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving in to a thorough comparison, below is a short summary of how the N Facebook ready matches up vs the S30 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Canon PowerShot N Facebook ready & Nikon Coolpix S30. The full galleries are viewable at Canon N Facebook ready Gallery & Nikon S30 Gallery.

If you are intending to lug around your camera frequently, you should take into account its weight and volume. The Canon N Facebook ready provides external dimensions of 79mm x 60mm x 29mm (3.1" x 2.4" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 195 grams (0.43 lbs) while the Nikon S30 has sizing of 102mm x 65mm x 40mm (4.0" x 2.6" x 1.6") accompanied by a weight of 214 grams (0.47 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will differ based on the lens you have during that time. Following is the front view overall size comparison of the N Facebook ready and the S30.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the N Facebook ready and S30 is 93 and 90 respectively.

More often than not, it is tough to see the gap between sensor measurements purely by looking at a spec sheet. The visual below might provide you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the N Facebook ready and S30.

Clearly, both of those cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The N Facebook ready with its larger sensor will make getting shallower DOF less difficult and the Canon N Facebook ready will give extra detail having an extra 2 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also let you crop photos far more aggressively. The more modern N Facebook ready will have an edge when it comes to sensor innovation.