CANON SX540 HS POWERSHOT 20.1MEGA/PIX 50X ZOOM CAMERA

IMAGE SENSOR

·         1/2.3 type back-illuminated CMOS

·         Effective Pixels Approx. 20.3M¹

·         Effective / Total Pixels Approx. 21.1M

·         Colour Filter Type Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR

·         DIGIC 6 with iSAPS technology

LENS

·         Focal Length 4.3 – 215.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 24 – 1200 mm)

·         Zoom Optical 50x

·         Zoom Plus 100x

·         Digital approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.6x or 2.0x and Safety Zoom¹). Combined approx. 200x

·         Maximum f/number f/3.4 - f/6.5

Construction

·         13 elements in 10 groups (3 UD lenses and 1 double-sided aspherical lens) Image Stabilisation Yes (lens shift-type), approx. 3-stop¹. Intelligent IS with 5-axis Enhanced Dynamic IS

FOCUSING

·         TTL

·         AF System/ Points

·         AiAF (Face Detection / 9-point), 1-point AF (fixed to centre)

·         AF Modes Single, Continuous, Servo AF/AE¹, Tracking AF

·         AF Point Selection Size (Normal, Small)

·         AF Lock Yes

·         AF Assist Beam Yes

·         Manual Focus Yes, plus MF Peaking

·         Closest Focusing Distance 0 cm (W) from front of lens in Macro

EXPOSURE CONTROL

·         Metering modes Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (Centre)

·         AE Lock Yes

·         Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments

·         Enhanced i-Contrast for automatic dynamic range correction

ISO sensitivity

·         AUTO, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

·         AUTO ISO: 80 - 1600

SHUTTER Speed

·         1 – 1/2000 s (factory default) 

·         15 – 1/2000 s (total range – varies by shooting mode)

WHITE BALANCE

·         TTL

·         Settings Auto (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom.

·         Multi-area WB correction available in Smart Auto

·         COLOUR MATRIX Type sRGB

LCD MONITOR

·         7.5 cm (3.0”) TFT, approx. 461,000 dots

·         Coverage Approx. 100%

·         Brightness Adjustable to one of five levels. Quick-bright LCD

·         FLASH Modes

·         Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Synchro

·         Slow Sync Speed Yes. Fastest speed 1/2000 s

·         Red-Eye Reduction Yes

·         Flash Exposure Compensation

·         +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE. Safety FE, Smart Flash Exposure

·         Flash Exposure Lock Yes

·         Manual Power Adjustment 3 levels with internal flash

·         Built-in Flash Range 50 cm – 5.5 m (W) / 1.3 m – 3.0 m (T)

·         External Flash Canon High Power Flash HF-DC2

SHOOTING

Modes

·         Smart Auto (58 scenes detected), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Hybrid Auto, Live View Control, Creative Shot, SCN (Sport, Portrait, Smart Shutter (Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Fireworks), Creative Filters (Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect), Movie

Modes in Movie

·         Smart Auto (21 scenes detected), Standard, Program AE, Portrait, Miniature Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Fireworks, Short Clip, iFrame Movie

Photo Effects

·         My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)

Drive modes

·         Single, Auto Drive, Continuous, Continuous with AF, Self-Timer

·         Continuous Shooting Approx. 5.9 shots/s

·         with AF: Approx. 4.4 shots/s

·         with Live View: Approx. 4.5 shots/s

·         (all speeds are until memory card becomes full)¹²³

RECORDING PIXELS / COMPRESSION

·         4:3 - (L) 5184 x 3888, (M) 2592 x 1944, (M1) 3648 x 2736, (M2) 2048 x 1536, (S) 640 x 480

·         16:9 - (L) 5184 x 2912, (M1) 3648 x 2048, (M2) 1920 x 1080, (S) 640 x 360

·         3:2 - (L) 5184 x 3456, (M1) 3648 x 2432, (M2) 2048 x 1368, (S) 640 x 424

·         1:1 - (L) 3888 x 3888, (M1) 2736 x 2736, (M2) 1536 x 1536, (S) 480 x 480

·         Resize option available in playback

·         Compression Superfine, Fine

Movies

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