Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Ultra Zoom digital camera

$535.00

The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS a new ultra-zoom digital camera. The Canon SX10 IS features full manual controls, numerous scene modes and flip-out, rotating 2.5" LCD display with 230,000 pixels.

The new Canon PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera features a wide-angle (28 mm - 560 mm) 20x optical zoom lens, an Optical Image Stabilizer, new DIGIC 4 image processor and a smooth, curved grip that fits in the hand comfortably. The camera capable of capturing long-range shots of soccer field action from the bleachers or sunsets from your hotel balcony easier.

Photographers can now quickly zoom in close enough to capture facial expressions and details from far away. The newly upgraded DIGIC 4 image processor, a proprietary technology, accounts for the camera's higher performance levels.

In addition to its ultra-zoom capabilities and new DIGIC 4 image processor, the camera, loaded with a full range of performance and convenient features that camera enthusiasts have come to expect from Canon - 10.0 megapixel resolution, Genuine Canon Face Detection Technology, large 2.5-inch vari-angle LCD screen and MovieSnap mode for capturing high-resolution still images while shooting video.

For movie capability, look no further. The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera offers consumers many creative possibilities, including the ability to shoot VGA movies. The PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera can capture individual movies up to one hour or 4GB per clip, all while utilizing the new Voice Coil Motor (VCM), which enables faster focusing speed while reducing focusing noise.

Additionally, the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera comes equipped with 24 shooting modes, ranging from fully automatic to manual, and is easily accessible through an SLR-style mode dial located on top of the camera. While in manual shooting mode, a variety of settings can be selected through the screen, including Program AE, Shutter-speed priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure and Custom Mode.

The Genuine Canon Face Detection technology has evolved even further, thanks to DIGIC 4.

Improved features include the ability to recognize human faces at most angles. Another innovation, the Face Detection Self-Timer, which automatically takes a photo two seconds after a new face enters the scene.

(intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space) automatically optimises key camera settings before every shot. Each scene is analysed and cross-referenced against Photographic Space – a vast in-camera library of photographic data. This enables the camera to make optimal adjustments to auto exposure, auto focus and auto white balance before image capture occurs.

i-Contrast
Available in either shooting or playback mode, Canon’s i-Contrast function analyses the exposure, dynamic range and other image characteristics of a shot, then adaptively increases the gain in dark areas – to produce heightened detail in darker regions, without blowing out correctly-exposed parts of the image. The noise reduction function of DIGIC 4 ensures minimal noise in adjusted areas.

Canon SX10 IS Sensor:

• 1/2.3 " Type CCD
• 10 million effective pixels

Canon SX10 IS Image processor: DIGIC IV

Canon SX10 IS Movie clips:

• 640 x 480 @ 30 / 15fps
• 320 x 240 @ 60 / 30 / 15fps
• WAVE (stereo)

Canon SX10 IS File formats:

• Still: JPEG (Exif 2.2)
• DPOF 1.1
• Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG compression)

Lens:

• 28- 560 mm equiv
• 20x Optical zoom
• F2.8 - F5.7 (max)
• 13 elements in 11 groups (1 aspherical element, 1 UD element)

Image stabilization: Yes (Lens shift-type)

Conversion lenses: Yes

ASA sensitivity: