Canon PowerShot

The PowerShot products is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996.^[3] In 1996 a model of PowerShot was introduced to the market, The PowerShot 600. The production of The PowerShot came shortly after Canon released and subsequently discounted its SV series in 1992 and switched to digital cameras. The PowerShot line has been successful for Canon, and is one of the best-selling digital camera lines worldwide. The PowerShot's success comes its marketing to the general public as a compact and easy to use digital camera.^[4]

Specifications:^[2]

Brand:	Canon
Model:	PowerShot 600
First Mentioned:	1996
Resolution:	832x608
internal storage:	1MB
Lens:	7mm f/2.5 (equiv.50mm)
Size:	159.5 x92.5 x58.8mm
Weight:	420 gr. (just the camera)

Canon PowerShot 600, Canon's first consumer digital camera, released in 1996 featuring 0.5 Mpixel CCD^[1]

Canon PowerShot A590 lens

Free software from the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) project allows nearly complete programmatic control of PowerShot cameras, enabling users to add features, up to and including BASIC and Lua scripting.^[5]

Some models of PowerShot cameras were affected by third-party CCD sensors with a design flaw, which caused them to fail and display severely distorted images. Canon offered to repair affected cameras free of charge.^[6]

Products

Front view of Canon PowerShot A720 IS.

A black Canon PowerShot SX610 HS.

Current

• D series: waterproof, freeze-resistant, and shock-resistant
• E series: design-oriented budget cameras
• G series: flagship cameras with advanced features
• S/SD series (also known as PowerShot Digital ELPH, Digital IXUS, and IXY Digital): "Performance and Style" ultra-compact point-and-shoot cameras
• S/SX series: ultra-zoom cameras

("IS" and "HS" are not a series; they are suffixes that denote "image stabilization" and "high sensitivity".)

Discontinued

• S series: originally a series of compact point-and-shoot cameras, currently a series of prosumer cameras slotting beneath the G series
• A series: "Easy and Fun" budget cameras ranging from point-and-shoot to prosumer cameras
• PowerShot 600 (1996)
• Pro series: semi-professional-level cameras slotting right beneath Canon's dSLRs, consisting of the Pro70 (1998), Pro90 IS (2001), and Pro1 (2004)
• TX series: hybrid camera–camcorders

Model	Release Date	Sensor specifications	Video specifications	Lens (35mm equiv), zoom and Aperture	Image Processor	LCD specifications	Viewfinder	Card	Size WxHxD (mm)	Weight (with batteries)	Notes
Powershot 600	13 June 1996	1 MP 832 x 608 1/3" CCD	No movie mode	50mm f/2.5		No LCD	Optical	PCMCIA Type II / III (1MB Internal memory)	160 x 93 x 59	460g	Canon's first consumer digital camera, has RAW
Pro 70	Early 1999	1.68 MP 1536 x 1024 1/2" CCD (CYGM)		28-70mm (2.5x) f/2-2.4		2" vari-angle		Compact Flash Type I / II (2 slots)	148 x 84 x 130	800g	Added hotshoe
Pro 90 IS	February 2001	2.6 MP 1856 x 1392 1/1.8" CCD (CYGM)	320x240 15fps	37-370mm (10x) f/2.8-3.5		1.8" vari-angle	Electronic	Compact Flash Type I / II	125 x 85 x 130	680g	Added movie mode
Pro 1	February 2004	8 MP 3264 x 2448 2/3" CCD	640x480 15fps	28-200mm (7x) f/2.4-3.5	DIGIC	2" vari-angle 235,000			118 x 72 x 90	640g	Has built in ND Filter

See also

• List of Canon products

References

1. "PowerShot 600". Canon Camera Museum.
2. "Canon Powershot 600 (1996)". The Digital Camera Museum. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
3. "Canon Camera Story (1992–1996) - From Analog SV Cameras to Digital Cameras". Canon. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011. ()
4. "View by period - 1992-1996 - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
5. Slashdot, Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras, Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 06 2008, @04:56PM, from the now-don't-brick-it dept.
6. "Service Notice: CCD Image Sensor Advisory". 2005-10-06. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

Media related to Canon PowerShot at Wikimedia Commons