High-End, Advanced Digital Cameras

 

 
Zoom in on images youre not likely to capture with a smartphone. The 16x Optical Zoom on the PowerShot SX170 IS camera gets you up close to kids and wildlife, down on the field and up on the stage, while Canons Optical Image Stabilizer keeps images steady and clear. The 28mm Wide-Angle lens captures everything from large family shots to breathtaking landscapes. With the 16.0 Megapixel sensor, you can crop and enlarge all you want, and the DIGIC 4 Image Processor ensures fast, precise performance. Relive fun times in smooth, detailed 720p HD video. Or simply point and shoot for excellent stills quality in all kinds of situations: Smart AUTO senses the conditions and chooses optimized camera settings for 32 pre-defined scenes. High Speed AF captures quick action shots, and Intelligent IS counteracts camera shake for virtually blur-free shooting. Easily see what youre shooting and show off what youve captured on the big, clear 3.0-inch LCD screen. Powered by a slim, new rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the PowerShot SX170 IS sports an even smaller, more ergonomic design that makes this the perfect camera to have at the ready all day long.

 

The PowerShot SX170 IS camera lets you record highly detailed 720p HD video at 25 frames per second with clear stereo sound. Imagine the fun and excitement of being able to shoot high definition video whenever you want, right from your compact digital camera.

 

 

 

It's never been easier to shoot videos with a PowerShot digital camera. The PowerShot SX170 IS camera has a dedicated movie button that lets you start and stop recording instantly. The camera is always ready to shoot stills or video whenever you want. The camera also incorporates an electronic wind filter, which suppresses wind noise that can muffle or distort the sound. The PowerShot SX170 IS lets you use the full range of optical zoom when you're shooting a video without sacrificing HD video resolution.

 

 

 

Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper camera settings based on 32 predefined shooting situations to help ensure the best possible image capture for stills or video.

 

 

The PowerShot SX170 IS camera features Smart AUTO: sophisticated Canon technology that makes getting that great shot as simple as pressing the shutter button. Smart AUTO automatically detects scenes by assessing various factors in both the background and the subject. Detected scenes are analyzed using 32 predefined shooting situations. The camera then makes optimal settings to ensure the best possible image capture, whether you're shooting stills or video. Smart AUTO also includes Advanced Subject Detection, which allows the camera to detect and track non-human moving subjects like animals and vehicles. With Smart AUTO, all you have to do is frame your shot and capture away.

 

 

High Speed AF greatly improves focus speed so you can capture every shot with ease.

 

The PowerShot SX170 IS camera is equipped with Canon's latest advancements in autofocus (AF) technology. Working on multiple fronts, Canon has developed AF that is significantly faster than on previous models, for a shooting experience that's spontaneous and natural. The extremely responsive High Speed AF lets you capture great shots as they happen, with reduced lag time.

 

Several engineering breakthroughs contributed to this major enhancement to speed. In addition to improved AF algorithms, the camera can process multiple sequences simultaneously, and takes advantage of reworked controls between AF and the start of shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

The latest advance in Canon Optical Image Stabilization technology, Intelligent IS, analyzes camera movement and applies the best shake correction method for the shooting situation. For stills, the system automatically selects among Normal, Panning, Macro (Hybrid) and Tripod IS modes. When shooting video, the system automatically selects among Dynamic, Powered, Macro and Tripod IS modes. With Intelligent IS, you can concentrate on image capture, letting the camera make the most effective IS settings to help capture the steadiest possible image.

 

Normal Corrects for a wide range of camera movement when shooting stills.		Panning Panning motion is detected so that IS does not interfere with desired camera movement.		Macro (Hybrid) Corrects for shift-type camera shake, which typically occurs in macro (close-up) shooting.
Dynamic Effective for video shooting at wide-angle focal lengths, eliminating the unwanted shaking that typically occurs while walking.		Powered Compensates for hand movement when shooting video at the telephoto end of the zoom range, where camera shake is magnified.		Tripod When tripod use is detected, the Image Stabilizer is stopped because it is not needed.

 

Easy to see from a wide angle, the camera's 3.0-inch LCD screen with a great resolution of approximately 230,000 dots gives you the big picture, whether you're shooting, reviewing or showing off your images. This high-resolution screen offers a crisp, clear picture to make shooting, playback and using the camera's menu functions especially convenient.

 

 

Just pick up the PowerShot SX170 IS camera and you'll discover how comfortable a super-compact camera can be! The new ergonomic design and smaller size are the result of a slim new rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

 

Additional Features.

Shooting Modes

PowerShot cameras offer shooting modes that make it easy to take perfect photos in a wide range of shooting situations by providing intelligent presets with optimized settings.

Manual You have complete control of exposure, selecting both aperture and shutter speed manually.		Aperture-Priority You set the aperture, controlling depth-of-field. The camera automatically selects the shutter speed.		Shutter-priority You select the shutter speed to stop or blur action, and the camera finds the appropriate aperture. With slow exposure times, Canon's noise reduction system activates to ensure low image noise.
Program Access advanced exposure compensation features while shooting mostly automatically.		Live View Control Enables Brightness, Color, and Tone adjustments to your images using easy-to-understand controls.		Smart AUTO The camera automatically selects the best shooting settings for optimal quality based on subjects and environmental factors to provide point-and-shoot simplicity.
Portrait The camera sets a large aperture, focusing the subject and artistically blurring the background to make your subject pop.		Face Self-timer The camera waits for a face to enter the frame before releasing the shutter.		Low Light For high quality image capture in an amazing range of dimly-lit situations.
Snow Shoot clear snow scenes without darkened subjects or an unnatural bluish tint.		Fireworks Create brilliant images of skyrocketing fireworks.		Creative Filters This setting provides easy access to special filter effects and scene modes, such as Toy Camera Effect, Poster Effect, Monochrome and more.
Discreet Mode Disables flash, AF assist beam, and all camera sounds with one mode dial setting so you can capture images in quiet areas.		Movie Record video in stereo sound. Unwanted scenes can be deleted in playback mode.

 

Special Scene Modes with Creative Filters

 

Special Scene Modes have fun and creative filters you can add to your photos without having to use a computer. You can make a quirky portrait using a Fisheye Lens Effect or add a beautiful single-tone effect with Monochrome. Toy Camera Effect simulates a vintage look as if capturing the photo using a toy or pinhole camera. Make a scene appear like a small-scale model with Miniature Effect, when shooting from a high vantage point. Super Vivid enhances an image for bright, intense colors while Poster Effect alters the contrast of an image for poster-like presentation.

 

 

The PowerShot SX170 IS camera takes energy conservation to the next level with ECO Mode, which provides more shots per single charge through monitor and camera power management. ECO Mode can be activated for easy power preservation when an outlet is unavailable. ECO Mode quickly wakes the camera from sleep when a button is pressed or with a touch of the LCD screen. With ECO Mode, you can be sure that your camera will keep up when fun with family and friends runs late into the night!

 

 

 

There are now a total of 30 display languages from which you can choose: 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, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese.

 

Type
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 16x Optical Zoom, 4x Digital Zoom and 64x Combined Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer

Image Capture Device

Type
16.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD

Total Pixels
Approx. 16.6 Megapixels

Effective Pixels
Approx. 16.0 Megapixels

Lens

Focal Length
5.0 (W) - 80.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 - 448 mm)

Optical Zoom
16x

Digital Zoom
4.0x

Focusing Range
Normal: 2.0 in. (5cm) - infinity (W), 2.0ft. (60cm) - infinity (T)
Auto/Manual: 0.4 in. (1cm) - infinity (W), 2.0ft. (60cm) - infinity (T)
Macro AF: 0.4 in. - 1.6ft. (1 - 50cm) (W)

Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus, Manual Focus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder
Not available

LCD Monitor
3.0-inch TFT color LCD with wide viewing angle

LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots

LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture
f/3.5 (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 - 1600

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, Program Shift, Safety Shift, AE Lock

Exposure Compensation
Still Images: stops in 1/3-stop increments
Videos: 2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (Not available when shooting movies)

White Balance

White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

* Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.

Flash

Built-in Flash
Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off

Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.

 

 

Flash Range
1.6 ft. - 9.8 ft. (W), 2.0 - 6.6 ft. (T) (50cm - 3.0m (W), (60cm - 2.0m (T))

Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance

Recycling Time
15 sec. or less (battery voltage: 3.0 V)

Flash Exposure Compensation
2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes
M, Av, Tv, P, Live View Control, Auto, SCN*¹, Creative Filters^*2, Discreet, Movie^*3

Shooting movies is possible with the movie button

^*1 Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Snow, Fireworks

^*2 Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect

^*3 Standard

 

 

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*

*Delay time (0-15 sec. (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 sec.) and number of shots (1-10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.

Wireless Control
Not Available

Continuous Shooting

1. Normal: Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (in P mode)
   Normal: Approx. 2.8 shots/sec. (in Low Light mode)


2. AF: Approx. 0.5 shots/sec. (in P mode)


3. LV: Approx. 0.6 shots/sec. (in P mode)

Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically

Differs depending on the zoom position

 

Image Storage

Storage Media
SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card

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

Image Recording Format
Superfine / Fine

JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MOV (image data: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo))

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:

1. 16:9 - Large: 4608 x 2592; Medium 1:3264 x 1832; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360


2. 3:2 - Large: 4608 x 3072; Medium 1:3264 x 2176; Medium 2: 1600 x 1064; Small: 640 x 424


3. 4:3 - Large: 4608 x 3456; Medium 1:3264 x 2448; Medium 2: 1600 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480


4. 1:1 - Large: 3456 x 3456; Medium 1: 2448 x 2448; Medium 2: 1200 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480

Videos:
HD 1280 x 720: 25 fps
Miniature Effect HD 1280 x 720: 5 fps / 2.5 fps / 1.25 fps
Miniature Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)

 

Number of Recordable Images

Image data

		16:9			3:2			4:3
		File Size (KB)	8GB	32GB	File Size (KB)	8GB	32GB	File Size (KB)	8GB	32GB
Large (L1)	SF	5184	1506	6081	6144	1272	5136	6912	1131	4567
	F	3069	2531	10219	3638	2135	8620	4093	1903	7684
Medium 1 (M1)	SF	2595	2958	11943	3083	2505	10115	3436	2252	9094
	F	1537	4912	19826	1825	4162	16802	2060	3721	15020
Medium 2 (M2)	SF	1095	6822	27537	899	8187	33044	1002	7442	30040
	F	604	12280	49567	496	14448	58314	558	12927	52176
Small (S)	SF	188	35089	141622	221	30703	123919	249	27291	110150
	F	113	49125	198271	133	40937	165225	150	40937	165225
Medium* (M)	F	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1144	6638	26792

		1:1
		File Size (KB)	8GB	32GB
Large (L1)	SF	5184	1506	6081
	F	3069	2531	10219
Medium 1 (M1)	SF	2601	2958	11943
	F	1540	4912	19826
Medium 2 (M2)	SF	760	9824	39653
	F	420	16374	66090
Small (S)	SF	188	35089	141622
	F	113	49125	198271
Medium* (M)	F	NA	NA	NA

Note: SF=Superfine F=Fine
* When in Low Light.
The approximate number of images recordable on memory cards other than the above can be calculated by using the above figures as a reference and extrapolating accordingly.

 

Time of Recordable Movies

Movie data

	Miniature Effect
	HD: 1280 x 720			640 x 480
	5x	10x	20x	5x	10x	20x
	5 fps*1	2.5 fps*1	1.25 fps*1	6 fps*2	3 fps*2	1.5 fps*2
Movie Size (KB/sec.)	487	243	122	246	123	61
8GB	4 hrs. 00 min. 33 sec.	7 hrs. 34 min. 23 sec.	13 hrs. 37 min. 54 sec.	7 hrs. 34 min. 23 sec.	13 hrs. 37 min. 54 sec.	22 hrs. 43 min. 11 sec.
32GB	16 hrs. 11 min. 39 sec.	30 hrs. 35 min. 22 sec.	55 hrs. 03 min. 40 sec.	30 hrs. 35 min. 22 sec.	55 hrs. 03 min. 40 sec.	91 hrs. 46 min. 07 sec.

	Other
	HD: 1280 x 720	640 x 480
	25 fps	30 fps*3
Movie Size (KB/sec.)	2621	1416
8GB	49 min. 15 sec.	1 hr. 28 min. 53 sec.
32GB	3 hrs. 19 min. 00 sec.	5 hrs. 59 min. 05 sec.

*¹ Playback frame rate is 25 fps.
*² Playback frame rate is 30 fps*³.
*³ Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps.

 

Playback Specifications

Playback Modes File
Stills & Videos:
Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Image Advance (Transition Effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Slideshow (Repeat, Interval, Effect)

Still Images:
Single, Index (4-130 thumbnails), Magnification (2-10x), Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Resize, My Colors, Histogram, Overexposure Warning

Videos:
Normal Playback^*1, Skip Backward^*2, Previous Frame^*3, Next Frame^*3, Skip Forward^*2

*1 Audio settings available in 5 levels
*2 Approximately 4 seconds
*3 Slow motion available

Erasing Specifications

Erase Modes
Select Image, Select Range, Select 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)

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-6LH, AC Adapter Kit ACK-40

Shooting Capacity
Approx. 300 shots
Approx. 440 shots in ECO Mode

Playback Time
Approx. 7 hours

Physical Specifications

Operating Temperature
32-104F/0-40C

Operating Humidity
10-90%

Dimensions (W x H x D)
4.25 x 2.80 x 1.73 in. / 108.0 x 71.0 x 43.9mm

Weight
8.85 oz. / 251g (CIPA standard)
8.04 oz. / 228g (camera only)

Note: 27 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, and Hindi).

 

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

 

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