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So, I’ve come to a deci­sion. It wasn’t a very hard one either. I’m sure most of you can guess which one it is, but I’m going to divulge some details before announc­ing my final decision.

Price

SD1100 — $150 after a $50 discount

m1033 — $150 after a $30 dol­lar discount

Ver­dict — Canon is the win­ner here, since the dis­count is bigger

Screen

SD1100 — 2.5″ screen, nice and bright, 230k pixels

m1033 — 3″ screen, 230k pixels

Ver­dict — Sur­pris­ingly, Canon wins this as well. I fig­ured I would like the screen of the Kodak bet­ter since it has a big­ger screen, but when tak­ing both of the cam­eras out­side into the light, I could hardly see the Kodak in bright nat­ural light, while the Canon was clear as day.

Speed

Ver­dict: Canon. It had a faster startup time, and it saved pic­tures to the cam­era much faster, so I don’t have to wait very long to cap­ture the next moment.

Build Qual­ity

SD1100 — Sil­ver, thin, basic look. Feels very sturdy

Kodak — Black, think, and also feels very sturdy

Ver­dict: Kodak. They were very sim­i­lar in terms of how the felt, but the Kodak edged out the Canon in terms of looks. The Canon does have a viewfinder though, which could be a decid­ing fac­tor for some, but on a basic point and shoot, I know I will almost never use it.

Pic­ture Quality

SD1100 — Canon image sta­bi­liza­tion, 2.8 Aper­ture, up to 1600 ISO

m1033 — 3.1 Aper­ture, up to 3200 ISO (6400 with 3.1 MP selected)

Ver­dict: Canon. The pic­tures were sim­ply bet­ter. Here are some comparisons.

Left: Canon, Right: Kodak

Video Qual­ity

SD1100 — Up to 640 x 480

m1033 — Up to 1280 x 720

Ver­dict: Canon, another big sur­prise here. The big appeal for me was the abil­ity to record in HD with the Kodak, but the video qual­ity wasn’t very good, it just seemed like it was a lower res­o­lu­tion that was scaled up to HD. The Canon looked much nicer, while the qual­ity of the Kodak disappointed.

Final Ver­dict: Canon! In my 1 day of test­ing, I found it to be a much bet­ter cam­era over­all. I thought the usabil­ity was bet­ter, the qual­ity, the images, almost every­thing. The Kodak was nicer, but what­ever, its not a fash­ion show.

So, today I went to sta­ples to print my last project of the semes­ter, and while wait­ing, I was look­ing at cam­eras. I’ve been want­ing to buy a cam­era for Europe, and I have been hav­ing some trou­ble when it comes to choos­ing what to buy. I want to buy a small cam­era, but some­thing of decent qual­ity. There were two cam­eras on sale that both fit my require­ments bet­ter then oth­ers, and I couldn’t decide on what to get. When the Sta­ples employee told me that you had 30 days to try cam­eras out, incase you don’t like them, I jumped at the idea and bought both. But, I am going to return one even­tu­ally, the ques­tion is, which one?

Canon Review

Canon Pros — Bet­ter aper­ture, faster startup time, and well, its a Canon

Kodak Review

Kodak Pros: Big­ger Screen (3″ as opposed to 2.5″), HD video recording

Look­ing at both the reviews, they have both got­ten solid reviews, so really, its going to come down which one I like bet­ter, usabil­ity wise. They are both about the same size, size was a big fac­tor for choos­ing my next cam­era, but it doesn’t help my deci­sion between these two.

My next post will go into detail, and have some side by side com­par­isons of the two cameras.