Canon PowerShot SX500 IS Compact Digital Camera (Black)

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!

• 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.
  
  Advanced Optics Capture the World as You See It.
  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. Genuine Canon optics ensure that your images are resonant with the clarity and brilliance made possible by Canon's decades of industry leadership in optical technology.

• 16.0 Megapixel sensor and Canon DIGIC 4 Image Processor deliver stunning quality images.
  
  Powerful Core Specs Deliver Beautiful Images.
  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
  Canon DIGIC Image Processors have set the standard for functionality and performance since their groundbreaking introduction in 1999. With each successive generation, DIGIC Image Processors have brought elevated performance and powerful new features to PowerShot digital cameras. 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.

• Large 3.0-inch LCD with 461,000 dots enables easy viewing.
  
  Compose Your Shots in High Resolution.
  Composing and checking your shots is easier with PowerShot SX500 IS's clear, high-resolution LCD (approximately 461,000 dots). The extra resolution also makes using the camera's menu functions more convenient. The large screen is easily viewable from a wide angle, whether you're shooting, reviewing or showing off your images. Clear and bright, it also features Night Display for easy viewing in low light.

• 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.
  
  A Smarter Camera Means Better Photos and Videos.
  The PowerShot SX500 IS features Smart AUTO: sophisticated Canon technology that makes getting that great shot as simple as pressing the shutter button. Smart AUTO automatically detects scenes by assessing various factors in both the background and the subject. Detected scenes are analyzed using 32 predefined shooting situations. The camera then makes optimal settings to ensure the best possible image capture, whether you're shooting stills or video. Smart AUTO also includes Advanced Subject Detection, which allows the camera to detect and track non-human moving subjects like animals and vehicles. With Smart AUTO, all you have to do is frame your shot and capture away.

• Intelligent IS automatically chooses from six different modes to optimize image stabilization for shake-free images in a wide variety of conditions.
  
  A Steady Image Is a Beautiful Image.
  The latest advance in Canon Optical Image Stabilization technology, Intelligent IS, analyzes camera movement and applies the best shake correction method for the shooting situation. For stills, the system automatically selects among Normal, Panning, Macro (Hybrid) and Tripod IS modes. When shooting video, the system automatically selects among Dynamic, Powered, Macro and Tripod IS modes. With Intelligent IS, you can concentrate on image capture, letting the camera make the most effective IS settings to assure the steadiest possible image.

• Enhanced Zoom Framing Assist button aids in tracking and capturing subjects during super telephoto photography.
  
  Super Telephoto Shooting Made Easy.
  With its 30x Optical Zoom lens, the PowerShot SX500 IS has the telephoto reach to capture subjects a long distance away. At maximum telephoto, however, it can be challenging to track a moving subject. 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 greatly improves focus speed so you capture every shot with ease.
  
  Faster Focus Helps You Capture Every Shot.
  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.
  Several engineering breakthroughs contributed to this major enhancement to speed. 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.

• Additional features.
  
  Face Detection Technology
  Face Detection technology makes it easy for you to take great photos of people. The camera will automatically detect the face(s) in a frame to give it optimal focus, exposure, flash (if needed) and white balance. Face self-timer adds convenience to Face Detection because you can set the camera to release the shutter when someone enters the frame.
  Shooting Modes
  PowerShot cameras offer shooting modes that make it easy to take perfect photos in a wide range of shooting situations by providing intelligent presets with optimized settings.
  Special Scene Modes with Creative Filters
  Special Scene Modes have fun and creative filters you can add to your photos without having to use a computer. You can make a quirky portrait using a Fisheye Lens Effect or add a beautiful single-tone effect with Monochrome. Toy Camera Effect simulates a vintage look as if capturing the photo using a "toy" or pinhole camera. Make a scene appear like a small-scale model with Miniature Effect, when shooting from a high vantage point. Super Vivid enhances an image for bright, intense colors while Poster Effect alters the contrast of an image for poster-like presentation.

• Type: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 30x Optical, 4x Digital and 120x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer

• Type: 16.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD
• Total Pixels: Approx. 16.6 Megapixels
• Effective Pixels: Approx. 16.0 Megapixels

• 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

• Optical Viewfinder: N/A
• 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)

• Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600
• Light Metering Method:
  Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
  * Facial brightness is evaluated in Face Detection AF
  ** Metering frame is fixed to the center
• 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*, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
  * Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.

• 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))
  Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance
• 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*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*
  *Adjustment of contrast sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone are available
• 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: N/A
• 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 according to zoom position.

• 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:
  Still Images:
  [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
  Miniature Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
  640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)

• 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
  - Displays playback position and shooting time
  Using the software included with the camera (ImageBrowser EX), there are 8 levels (1/8x to 1x) of playback speed for Super Slow Motion Movies
  possible on a computer.
  *1 Audio settings available in 5 levels
  *2 Approximately 4 seconds
  *3 Slow motion available

• Erase Modes:
  Select Image, Select Range, 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.

• 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: Approx. 195 shots
• Playback Time: Approx. 4 hours

• Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
• Operating Humidity: 10-90%
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.09 x 2.74 x 3.16 in. / 104.0 x 69.5 x 80.2mm
• Weight:
  12.0 oz. / 341g (CIPA standard)
  11.2 oz. / 318g (camera only)

Note: 30 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi, Hindi, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese). All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.