Canon ELPH 500 HS
Budget Compact Camera
 vs Canon S100
Premium Compact Camera

What’s good about the Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS

Best price $195
  • Weighs a little bit less than the S100 5.82 oz vs 6.98 oz
  • Smaller body size 8 in³ vs 10 in³
  • Significantly cheaper street price $195 vs $339
  • Faster continuous shooting speed 8 shots per sec vs 2 shots per sec
Find out more about the Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS

What’s good about the Canon PowerShot S100

Best price
$339
  • Significantly larger image sensor 43 mm² vs 28 mm²
  • Better light sensitivity by 1 f-stop 6,400 ISO vs 3,200 ISO
  • Newer camera December 2011 vs April 2011
  • Has GPS location tagging ELPH 500 HS does not have GPS
  • Has RAW image capture ELPH 500 HS does not have RAW capture
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What the Canon ELPH 500 HS and Canon S100 have in common

  • Similar sensor resolutions 12.1 MP
  • Similar viewscreen resolutions 461k dots
  • Same viewscreen size 3.2″ vs 3.0″
  • Similiar flash recycle times 10 seconds
  • Same quality video capture 1080p 24fps
  • HDMI port

What’s missing from both the Canon ELPH 500 HS and the Canon S100

  • No HDR processing
  • No 3D capture
  • No panorama mode
  • No waterproof housing
  • No external microphone jack
  • No hot shoe
  • No Wi-Fi
  • No flip out viewscreen
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