Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Digital Camera

Put your hand around the perfectly-shaped grip of Canon's sporty new PowerShot SX1 IS and you're ready for a shooting experience that's advanced in every way. Superb still images powered by Canon's DIGIC 4 Image processor, evolved Face Detection Technology and a wide-angle 20x optical zoom are only the beginning. You can also create Full HD movies and see every detail on your HDTV thanks to HDMI output. The 10.0-megapixel SX1 IS is the very first PowerShot equipped with a CMOS sensor, a hallmark of Canon's lauded EOS line.

Features

* Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 fps) movie mode plus HDMI output for easy playback of video and photos on your HDTV.
* The first PowerShot camera to feature a 10.0 Megapixel Canon CMOS sensor for superb image quality.
* 28mm wide-angle 20x Optical Zoom lens with Optical Image Stabilizer.
* Large 2.8-inch Vari-angle LCD widescreen for flexible viewing at nearly every angle, plus a viewfinder for more shooting options.
* Full range of shooting and recording modes including RAW + JPEG for the ultimate creative control.
* DIGIC 4 Image Processor has evolved Face Detection Technology that tracks the faces of moving subjects and lets the shooter enter the frame seamlessly with the Face Detection Self-timer.
* With 25 Shooting Modes including 12 Special Scene Modes, you're ready for whatever shot comes your way.
* Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading, plus ID Photo Print and Movie Print with select PIXMA Inkjet Photo Printers and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers.

Specifications

Type of Camera
Type of Camera: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 20x Optical/4x Digital/80x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System

Image Capture Device
Type: 10.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type CMOS sensor
Total Pixels: Approx. 11.8 Megapixels
Effective Pixels: Approx. 10.0 Megapixels

Lens
Focal Length: 5.0-100.0mm f/2.8-5.7 (35mm film equivalent: 28-560mm)
Digital Zoom: 4x
Focusing Range: Normal: 1.6 ft./50cm-infinity (W), 3.3 ft./1m-infinity (T)
Macro: 3.9 in.-1.6 ft./10-50cm (W)
Super Macro: 0-3.9 in./0-10cm (W)
Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus, Manual focus

Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder: TFT color
LCD Monitor: 2.8-inch TFT color LCD widescreen with wide viewing angle
LCD Pixels: Approx. 230,000 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%

Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/5.7 (T)
Shutter Speed: 15-1/3200 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.

Exposure Control
ISO Sensitivity: Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent (Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index)
Light Metering Method: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
Exposure Control Method: Program AE, Manual Exposure, i-Contrast, Program Shift, Safety Shift, Auto ISO Shift; AE Lock
Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance
White Balance Control: Auto,* Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

Flash
Built-in Flash: Auto, Manual, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE Lock, Safety FE, Slow Synchro
Flash Range: 1.6-15.7 ft./50cm-4.8m (W), 3.3-8.5 ft./1-2.6m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
Recycling Time: 7 sec. or less (battery voltage=6V)
Flash Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes: Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, C, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Aquarium, Night Scene, Indoor, ISO 3200, Color Accent, Color Swap, Long Shutter), Super Macro, Night Snapshot, Stitch Assist, Movie
Photo Effects: My Colors
Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom
Self-Timer: Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Face Detection Self-timer
Wireless Control: Available with optional Wireless Controller WC-DC300
Continuous Shooting: Normal: approx. 4.0 fps; AF: approx. 1.1 fps; LV: approx. 1.2 fps (Large/Fine)

Image Storage
Storage Media: SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card
File Format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1
Image Compression: Normal, Fine, SuperFine, RAW
JPEG Compression Mode: Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo))
Number of Recording Pixels: Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3840 x 2160 (Widescreen L), 1920 x 1080 (Widescreen S), RAW (3648 x 2736)
Movie: High Definition: 1920 x 1080 (30 fps); Standard Definition: 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps), available up to 4GB or 29 min. 59 sec. (HD)/60 min. (SD) per clip