Canon S120 vs Nikon S5300

Canon S120 advantages over Nikon S5300

• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Larger sensor
  1/1.7 inch vs 1/2.3 inch
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Slower slow-motion
  240 fps vs 120 fps
  Supports slower slow-mo
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 1.90 vs 1.34 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• Larger lens aperture
  f/1.8 vs f/3.7
  Take photos in low-light or isolate your subject
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  230 vs 180 shots
  Capture more photos
• Manual focus
  Yes vs No
  AF is for the weak. Real photographers focus manually.
• Integrated ND filter
  Yes vs No
  Shoot in daylight with a large aperture or slow shutter
• More dots on screen
  922k vs 460k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Longer exposure
  250 vs 4 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  11.8 fps vs 8.6 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/2500 vs 1/1500 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light
• Higher extended ISO
  12800 vs 6400 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility