Canon PowerShot SX1 IS prices and specs
The Canon PowerShot SX1 IS was released on Sep 17, 2008. For now the lowest price for the device is 157.90.
The Canon PowerShot SX1 IS belongs to the category of slr like bridge cameras. It means that the PowerShot SX1 IS is not so big as DSLR cameras but however captures perfect photos and has a variety of shooting modes.
The Canon PowerShot SX1 IS can shoot images at 10 megapixels highest resolution. But for better picture quality the more important specification is a sensor size. This model has a 1/2.3' (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor which means that the PowerShot SX1 IS will make images with a lower quality than cameras with bigger sensors but instead it is smaller. But if you want to shoot images of the best quality pay attention to Canon EOS 5DS.
The PowerShot SX1 IS has max shutter speed of 1/3200 sec. It is an average shutter speed which will be enough for taking action images of a satisfactory quality. The PowerShot SX1 IS has swiveling LCD that will let the owner to shoot amazing selfies. The PowerShot SX1 IS produces perfect videos in Full HD resolution.
The lens is built into the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS and the camera owner can't change it. The lens has great 20x optical zoom.
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GPS
- Sep 17, 2008
- SLR-like (bridge)
- 10 megapixels
- 3648 x 2736
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- CMOS
- 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
- 2816 x 2112, 2272 x 1704, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480, 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080
- Auto, 80 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- 6
- Yes
- Optical
- RAW
- Super-Fine, Fine, Normal
- 15 sec
- 1/3200 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (pop-up)
- 5.20 m
- Yes (hot-shoe)
- Auto, Fill-in, Red-Eye reduction, Slow Sync, Off
- 4.0 fps
- Yes (2 or 10 sec or custom)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Fully articulated
- 2.8″
- 230,000
- No
- Yes
- Electronic
- 1920 x 1080 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (60, 30 fps)
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Stereo
- 28–560 mm
- 20×
- F2.8–5.7
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Multi-area
- Single
- Face Detection
- Live View
- Yes (4x)
- Yes
- 50 cm (19.69″)
- 0 cm (0″)
- 9
- 615 g (1.36 lb / 21.69 oz)
- 128 x 88 x 88 mm (5.04 x 3.46 x 3.46″)
- No
- AA
- AA batteries (NiMH recommended)
- SD/SDHC/MMC card
- 32 MB SD card
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- None
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