Canon PowerShot explained

The PowerShot products is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Products

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 MP832 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 MP1536 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 MP1856 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 MP3264 x 2448 2/3" CCD

640x480 15fps

28-200mm (7x) f/2.4-3.5

DIGIC

2" vari-angle235,000

118 x 72 x 90

640g

Has built in ND Filter

See also

• List of Canon products

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canon Camera Story (1992–1996) - From Analog SV Cameras to Digital Cameras . Canon . July 14, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717151556/http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/1992_1996/1992_1996.html . July 17, 2011 .
2. Web site: View by period - 1992-1996 - Canon Camera Museum . 2022-09-15 . global.canon.
3. http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/05/06/2032216.shtml Slashdot
4. Web site: Service Notice: CCD Image Sensor Advisory. 2005-10-06. 2010-02-01. 2010-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100205102138/http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&fcategoryid=225&modelid=13390&keycode=2112&id=29819. dead.