Product Details
Canon PowerShot SX500 IS Black 16.0 Megapixel Digital Camera - SX500ISBK
Super Zoom, Super Compact.
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:
- Canon's powerful 30x Optical Zoom and 24mm Wide-Angle lens with Optical
Image Stabilizer reduces camera shake so you achieve brilliant images whether
you are up close or far away
- 16.0 Megapixel sensor and Canon DIGIC 4 Image Processor deliver stunning
quality images.
- Capture breathtaking 720p HD video in stereo sound with a dedicated movie
button; zoom while shooting and play back videos on an HDTV via the HDMI output.
- Large 3.0-inch LCD with 461,000 dots enables easy viewing.
- Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based
on 32 predefined shooting situations to ensure the best possible image capture
for stills or video.
- Intelligent IS automatically chooses from six different modes to optimize
image stabilization for shake-free images in a wide variety of conditions.
- Enhanced Zoom Framing Assist button aids in tracking and capturing subjects
during super telephoto photography.
- High Speed AF greatly improves focus speed so you capture every shot with
ease.
Specifications:
Image Capture Device
- Type: 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)
- Digital Zoom: 4x
- Focusing Range:
- Normal/Auto: 0 in (0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
- Macro AF: 0 in - 1.6 ft. (0-50cm) (W)
- Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus, Manual Focus
Viewfinders
- LCD Monitor: 3.0-inch TFT color LCD with wide viewing angle
- LCD Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots
- LCD Coverage: 100%
Aperture and Shutter
- Maximum Aperture: f/3.4 (W) - f/5.8 (T)
- Shutter Speed:
- 1-1/1600 sec.
- 15-1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
Exposure Control
- Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600
- Light Metering Method
- Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
- * Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect AiAF
- ** Metering frame is fixed to the center/linked to AF frame
- 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
- White Balance Control
- Auto*, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
- * Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting
mode.
Flash
- 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 Specifications
- Shooting Modes: M, Av, Tv, P, Live View Control, Auto*, SCN*1, Creative
Filters*2, Discreet, Movie*3
- - Shooting movies is possible with the movie button
- *1. Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Snow, Fireworks
- *2. Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome,
Super Vivid, Poster Effect
- *3 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*
- *Delay time (0-15 sec. (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 sec.) and
number of shots (1-10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.
- Wireless Control: Not available
- 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)
- Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically.
- Differs depending on the zoom position.
Image Storage
- 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 Recording Format: Superfine / Fine
- JPEG Compression Mode:
- Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
- Video: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo))
- Number of Recording Pixels
- [16:9]
- Large: 4608 x 2592
- Medium 1: 3264 x 1832
- Medium 2: 1920 x 1080
- Small: 640 x 360
- [3:2]
- Large: 4608 x 3072
- Medium 1: 3264 x 2176
- Medium 2: 1600 x 1064
- Small: 640 x 424
- [4:3]
- Large: 4608 x 3456
- Medium 1: 3264 x 2448
- Medium 2: 1600 x 1200
- Small: 640 x 480
- [1:1]
- Large: 3456 x 3456
- Medium 1: 2448 x 2448
- Medium 2: 1200 x 1200
- Small: 480 x 480
- Videos
- HD 1280 x 720: 25 fps
- iFrame Movie HD 1280 x 720: 25 fps
- Miniature Effect HD 1280 x 720: 5 fps / 2.5 fps / 1.25 fps
- iature Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
- 640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)
Playback Specifications
- Playback Modes File:
- Stills & Videos: Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection),
Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition Effects, Scroll Display, Active
Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback,
Image Search, Slideshow (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)
- Still Images: Single, Index (4-130 thumbnails), Magnification (2-10x),
Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Trimming, Resize,
My Colors, Focus Check, Histogram, Overexposure Warning
- Videos: Normal Playback*1, Skip Backward*2, Previous Frame*3, Next Frame*3,
Skip Forward*2
Erasing Specifications
- Erase Modes: Select Image, Select Range, Select All Images
- - The image data in the memory cared stored with the Design rule for Camera
File systems format can be erased (however, protected images cannot be erased).
- - Using the Movie editing function, sections of the movie (1 sec. increments)
can be deleted.
Interfaces
- Video Out:
- NTSC/PAL (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital,
audio and video)
- Mini-HDMI connector
- Audio Out: Stereo (dedicated connector (female) with unified type
of digital, audio and video)
- Other: SD memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA
Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers
- Power Source:
- Battery Pack NB-6L, Compact Power Adapter CA-DC10 (included with AC
Adapter Kit CA-DC40)
- Shooting Capacity:
- Playback Time
In the Box
- PowerShot SX500 IS Digital Camera
- Battery Pack NB-6L
- Battery Charger CB-2LY
- Lens Cap
- Neck Strap NS-DC11
- USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
- Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM
Approximate Dimensions:
- Height: 2.74"
- Width: 4.09"
- Depth: 3.16"
Approximate Weight:
- Unit: 12 oz
- Shipping: 2 lbs
Warranty Information:
- Manufacturer Warranty (authorized online retailer): One Year Parts
and Labor
- Extended Service Warranty Available: Click the warranty tab above
for details
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