CANON PowerShot SX230 HS CAMERA

PowerShot SX230 HS

PowerShot SX230HS Body (black shown here)Battery Pack NB-5LBattery Charger CB-2LXWrist Strap WS-DC11AV Cable AVC-DC400STUSB Interface Cable IFC-400PCUDigital Camera Solution CD-ROM

Type

Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 14x Optical & 4x Digital and 56x Combined Zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer

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Image Capture Device

Type

12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS

Total Pixels

Approx. 12.8 Megapixels

Effective Pixels

Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Lens

Focal Length

5.0 (W) - 70.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 - 392mm)

Digital Zoom

4x

Focusing Range

Normal AF: 2.0 in (5cm) - infinity (W), 3.3 ft (1m) - infinity (T)


Macro AF: 2.0 in - 1.6 ft (5-50cm) (W)

Autofocus System

TTL Autofocus, Manual Focus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder

N/A

LCD Monitor

3.0-inch TFT LCD with wide viewing angle

LCD Pixels

Approx. 461,000 dots

LCD Coverage

Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture

f/3.1 (W) - f/5.9 (T)

Shutter Speed

1-1/3200 sec.

15-1/3200 sec. (Total shutter speed range)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity

Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600/3200

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, i-Contrast, Program Shift, Safety Shift; AE Lock

Exposure Compensation

+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance

White Balance Control

Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater, Custom

Flash

Built-in Flash

Auto, Manual (3 levels), Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE Lock, Safety FE, Slow Synchro

Flash Range

2.5 - 11.5 ft. (W), 3.3 - 6.6 ft (T), 75cm - 3.5m (W), (1.0 - 2.0m, (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 Specifications

Shooting Modes

M, Av, Tv, P, Auto1, Easy, Movie Digest, Portrait, Landscape, Kids & Pets, SCN2, Creative Filter3, Movie41 Smart Auto also available for videos.

2 Smart Shutter5, High-speed Burst, Best Image Selection, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Beach, Underwater, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist

3 Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect6, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap

4 Standard, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie (Videos are recorded by pressing the movie button)

5 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer

6 Also available for videos

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

Shooting start time (0-10 sec. (in one-second increments), 15/20/30 sec.) number of shots (1-10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.

Wireless Control

N/A

Continuous Shooting

Normal (P Mode): 3.2 shots/sec.

High-speed Burst: 8.1 shots/sec.

Image Storage

Storage Media

SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, Eye-Fi Card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus Card, HC MMCplus Card

File Format

Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant

Image Recording Format

Normal, 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

4000 x 2248 (Large), 2816 x 1584 (Medium 1), 1920 x 1080 (Medium 2), 640 x 360 (Small)3:2

4000 x 2664 (Large), 2816 x 1880 (Medium 1), 1600 x 1064 (Medium 2), 640 x 424 (Small)4:3

4000 x 3000 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 2), 640 x 480 (Small)1:1

2992 x 2992 (Large), 2112 x 2112 (Medium 1), 1200 x 1200 (Medium 2), 480 x 480 (Small)

Number of Recordable Images

Image data

 Note: N=Normal F=FineStorage Capacity varies depending on camera settings. This data is estimated from Canon's standard shooting conditions. Figures for Movie Mode represent total capacity of the particular media.* When in High-Speed Burst, Best Image Selection and Low Light mode.

Time of Recordable Movies

Movie data

Playback Specifications

Playback Modes File

- Stills & Videos: Easy, Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Movie Digest, Filter Playback, Slide Show (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)- Still Image: Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Location Information Display, Resume, My Colors, Histogram, Overexposure Warning, Index (4-130 thumbnails), Slide Show, Red-eye Correction, Trimming, Resize, I Contrast Videos: Normal Playback*, slow motion**, skip backward, next frame, previous frame, fast forward, fast rewind, editing, resume* Auto settings available in 5 levels

** 5 levels (including normal playback), sound not available.

Erasing Specifications

Erase Modes

Select image, select range, all images. The image data in the memory card 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-5L, AC Adapter Kit CA-DC10

Shooting Capacity

Approx. 210 shots

Playback Time

Approx. 4 hours

Physical Specifications

Operating Temperature

32-104°F/0-40°C

Operating Humidity

10-90%

Dimensions (W x H x D)

4.16 x 2.42 x 1.31 in. / 105.7 x 61.6 x 33.2mm

Weight

7.87 oz. / 223g (including the battery and memory card)

6.88 oz. / 195 g (camera body only)Note: 26 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).

All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.

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