Canon is updating its catalog of cameras for next spring. They just introduced a new compact long-zoom machine , the PowerShot SX410 IS . It is equipped with a very bright 35mm equivalent 24-960mm lens (with an aperture f / 3.5 - F / 6.3). The grip is ergonomic even for such a compact body. It weighs 325 grams with the battery and a memory card. By the way, it supports SD, SDHC and SDXC cards . It is a versatile camera that can become a good traveling companion, not only for its automation, but also by the powerful optical zoom of 40x . The image sensorIt is a 1 / 2.3-inch size CCD, capable of capturing 20 effective megapixels. It is accompanied by a DIGIC 4+ processor with iSAPS technology.
It is available with the housing in red or black . On the back is the 3-inch (7.5-centimeter) diagonal TFT LCD monitor-screen , offering a resolution of 230,000 pixels and covering the entire field of view. The brightness can be adjusted in five levels. In it, the user can consult the histogram of the images, to make the modifications that he considers necessary. Mode Intelligent Auto (Smart Auto) can detect thirty-two different scenes for photographs. Provides a mode for taking low-light snapshotsin which the photos are 5 megapixels. It also includes a face self-timer for taking selfies or selfies. You can take continuous shooting at 0.5 fps (frames per second). To this must be added a live view control mode and a long shutter mode. The sensitivity ranges from 100-1600 ISO , and the user can set automatically.
The user has at their disposal various photographic effects to apply to their images, such as sepia, black and white, deep blue or those that modify skin tones to make them lighter or darker. This machine Canon also records videos with a duration of less than half an hour or a maximum size of 4 GB. At the best quality, the videos have a resolution of 1,280 by 720 pixels and 25 fps. Videos are saved in MOV format with mono audio, and photos are in JPEG . When recording video, the camera can detect twenty-one scenes in Intelligent Auto mode, including monochrome, poster effect, or super vivid.
It has a USB and an A / V output. It integrates a flash with red-eye reduction that has a maximum range of 2.7 meters in tele and 5 meters in wide angle. You can print directly to a PictBridge compatible printer , without the need for a computer. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery allows about 185 shots. Its dimensions are 104.4 by 69.1 and by 85.1 millimeters. The Canon PowerShot SX410 IS can be found in stores at a retail price of 280 euros.