Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot A2500
Canon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 4608 x 3456
- ISO
- Auto 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 28–140 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F2.8–6.9
- Optical zoom
- 5×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 3 cm (1.18″)
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 15 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 0.8 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (25 fps) 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- H.264
- Microphone
- Mono
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion NB-11L rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 220
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 135 g (0.30 lb / 4.76 oz)
- Dimensions
- 98 x 56 x 20 mm (3.86 x 2.2 x 0.79″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Remote control
- No
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Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →