Description:
The PowerShot SX500 IS gives you all the power of super zoom in a camera that's sized to go everywhere! The extremely powerful 30x Optical Zoom with 24mm Wide-Angle Lens (35mm equivalent: 24-720mm) gives you true shooting versatility, while the Optical Image Stabilizer ensures crisp, brilliant images at any zoom length. Image quality is spectacular thanks to the 16.0 Megapixel sensor and Canon DIGIC 4 Image Processor, and you can capture stunningly realistic 720p HD video in stereo sound with a simple press of the movie button. An enhanced Zoom Framing Assist button helps you track and capture subjects for sharp super telephoto photography, and new High Speed AF dramatically reduces lag time so you'll never miss a shot. Just hold the PowerShot SX500 IS in your hand to experience what makes the new design so special. The camera's slim, compact body is proportioned in perfect relation to the giant zoom, while rounded corners with angled grips are a natural fit for the palm of your hand. Zoom right onto the field to capture sports action, achieve those wide-angle travel shots, preserve memories of special events as beautiful HD video - it's all possible with the PowerShot SX500 IS!
Features:
Powerful 30x Optical Zoom with 24mm Wide-Angle Lens
- Given the PowerShot SX500 IS's compact size and attractive proportions,
it is especially impressive that the camera is equipped with a mega-powerful
30x Optical Zoom. With a 35mm film equivalent focal length that extends all
the way from 24mm to 720 mm, your shooting reach is superb: you'll capture
telephoto shots with detail like never before. The Wide-Angle Lens gives
your images a distinctive sweep and grandeur, capturing landscapes,
cityscapes, tall buildings and wide groups of people with ease.
16.0 Megapixel Image Sensor
- The PowerShot SX500 IS's 16.0 Megapixel CCD sensor delivers impressive
photos with fine detail and brilliant color. The high resolution ensures
superb image quality even when cropping or making very large prints.
Canon DIGIC 4 Image Processor
- The DIGIC 4 Image Processor has ushered in a new level of picture
quality and accelerated processing, making possible features such as
high-speed continuous shooting, Full HD video and Face Detection Self-timer.
New, more powerful noise reduction algorithms also provide improved
low-light capture.
Canon HD Video Advantage
- The PowerShot SX500 IS lets you record highly detailed 720p HD video at
25 frames per second with clear stereo sound. Watching your videos and
sharing them with family and friends is especially easy with the camera's
HDMI output: you can connect the camera directly to your HDTV with an
optional HDMI cable.
Dedicated Movie Button, Wind Filter and Optical Zoom While Shooting
- The PowerShot SX500 IS has a dedicated movie button that lets you start
and stop recording instantly. The camera also incorporates an electronic
wind filter, which suppresses wind noise that can muffle or distort the
sound. And the PowerShot SX500 IS lets you use the full range of optical
zoom when you're shooting a video, without sacrificing HD video resolution.
High-Resolution 3.0-inch LCD
- Composing and checking your shots is easier with PowerShot SX500 IS's
clear, high-resolution LCD. The extra resolution also makes using the
camera's menu functions more convenient. Clear and bright, it also features
Night Display for easy viewing in low light.
Enhanced Zoom Framing Assist Button
- With its 30x Optical Zoom lens, the PowerShot SX500 IS has the telephoto
reach to capture subjects a long distance away. Zoom Framing Assist makes it
much easier to use the camera's powerful zoom lens. When you press and hold
the Zoom Framing Assist function button, the camera will automatically zoom
out to include a wider angle of view, enabling you to more easily locate
your moving subject. Once you find it, releasing the button will cause the
lens to return to its original zoom position, intelligently keeping the
subject in focus until you're ready to shoot and capture the perfect
close-up moment. For enhanced versatility, the PowerShot SX500 IS now allows
you to make adjustments to zoom while the button is pressed, with an
animated assist frame that makes viewing easy. When the button is released,
the lens will return to the adjusted zoom position.
High Speed AF
- The PowerShot SX500 IS is equipped with Canon's latest advancements in
Autofocus (AF) technology. Canon's newly developed AF achieves a significant
increase in speed, for a shooting experience that's spontaneous and natural.
The remarkably responsive High Speed AF lets you capture great shots as they
happen, with reduced lag time. In addition to improved AF algorithms, the
camera can process multiple sequences simultaneously, and takes advantage of
reworked controls between AF and the start of shooting.
Specifications
- Camera Type: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 30x
Optical, 4x Digital and 120x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
- Sensor: 16.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD
- Total Pixels: Approx. 16.6 Megapixels
- Effective Pixels: Approx. 16.0 Megapixels
- Lens: Focal Length: 4.3 (W) - 129.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent:
24-720mm)
- Focusing Range Normal/Auto: Normal/Auto: 0 in (0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6
ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
- Focusing Range Macro AF: Macro AF: 0 in - 1.6 ft. (0-50cm) (W)
- Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus, Manual Focus
- LCD Monitor: 3.0-inch TFT Color LCD with wide viewing angle
- LCD Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots
- LCD Coverage: Approx. 100%
- Maximum Aperture: f/3.4 (W), f/5.8(T)
- Shutter Speed: 1-1/1600 sec. ; 15-1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed
range)
- ISO Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600
- Light Metering Method: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
- Exposure Control Method: Manual Exposure, Program Shift, Safety Shift,
AE Lock
- Exposure Compensation: Still Images: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments ;
Videos: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (not available during shooting)
- White Balance Control: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent,
Fluorescent H, Custom
- Built-in Flash: Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off, Facial
brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect
- Flash Range: 1.6 ft. - 16 ft. (W), 4.6 - 9.8 ft. (T) (50cm - 5.0m (W),
(1.4 - 3.0m (T))
- Recycling Time: 10 sec. or less (battery voltage: 3.7 V)
- Flash Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- Shooting Modes: M, Av, Tv, P, Live View Control, Auto, SCN, Creative
Filters, Discreet, Movie
- Movie Effects: Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Snow, Fireworks ,
Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super
Vivid, Poster Effect , Standard, iFrame Movie
- Photo Effects: My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White,
Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green,
Vivid Red, Custom Color
- Self-Timer: Approx. 10-sec. delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom
- Continuous Shooting: Normal: Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (in P mode) ;
Normal: Approx. 2.8 shots/sec. (in Low Light mode) ; AF: Approx. 0.5
shots/sec. (in P mode) ; LV: Approx. 0.6 shots/sec. (in P mode)
- Storage Media: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
- File Format: Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1)
compliant
- Image Compression: Superfine / Fine
JPEG Compression Mode: Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
- Video: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo))
16:9 Still Image Pixels: Large: 4608 x 2592; Medium 1: 3264 x 1832; Medium
2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360
3:2 Still Image Pixels: Large: 4608 x 3072; Medium 1: 3264 x 2176; Medium 2:
1600 x 1064; Small: 640 x 424
4:3 Still Image Pixels: Large: 4608 x 3456; Medium 1: 3264 x 2448; Medium 2:
1600 x 1200; Small: 640 x 480
1:1 Still Image Pixels: Large: 3456 x 3456; Medium 1: 2448 x 2448; Medium 2:
1200 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480
Video fps: HD 1280 x 720: 25 fps ; iFrame Movie HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps 25 fps
; Miniature Effect HD 1280 x 720: 5 fps / 2.5 fps / 1.25 fps ; Miniature
Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps ; 640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)
- Video Out: Mini connector (audio/video) ; Mini-HDMI
- Audio Out: Via mini A/V connector
- Printer Connection: SD memory card slot; direct connection to
- Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers
- Battery: Battery Pack NB-6L, Compact Power Adapter CA DC10 (included
with AC Adapter Kit CA-DC40)
- Shooting Capacity: Approx. 195 shots
- Playback Time: Approx. 4 hours
- Environment: Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C ; Operating
Humidity: 10-90%
- Dimensions WxHxD: 4.09 x 2.74 x 3.16" / 104.0 x 69.5 x 80.2mm
- Weight: 11.2 oz. / 318g camera body
