Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot ELPH 510 HS
Canon
Regional names: IXY 51S / IXUS 1100 HS.
Marketed:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Zoom Magnification
- 12x
- Focusing Range
- 1 cm (0.4 in.) – infinity (W), 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity (T) • Macro 1 – 50 cm (W) (0.4 in. – 1.6 ft. (W))
- Image Stabilizer System
- Lens-shift type
- Imaging Processor
- DIGIC 4
- Size
- 3.2 type
- Effective Pixels
- Approx. 461,000 dots
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9
- Features
- Touch panel Brightness adjustment (5 levels)
- AF Frame
- Face detect, Fixed frame
- Metering System
- Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
- Exposure Compensation(Still Images) / Exposure Shift (Movies)
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600/3200 (In P mode)
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/4000 sec. 15 – 1/4000 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- f/number
- F3.4 – F6.3 (W), F5.9 – F10.0 (T)
- Range
- 30 cm – 3.1 m (W), 1.0 – 1.7 m (T) (12 in. – 10.2 ft. (W), 3.3 – 5.6 ft. (T))
- Shooting Modes
- Auto*1, P, Movie Digest, Portrait, Kids&Pets, Smart Shutter*2, High-speed Burst, Best Image Selection, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie *1 Scenes are automatically determined (Smart Auto) *2 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer
- Digital Zoom
- Still images/Movies: Approx. 4.0x (up to approx. 48x in combination with the optical zoom) Safety Zoom, Digital tele-converter
- Speed
- Approx. 3.3 shots/sec. (In P mode) Approx. 7.8 shots/sec. (In High-speed Burst mode)
- Number of Shots (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 170
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
- File Format
- Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
- Movies
- MOV (Image data: H.264; Audio data: Linear PCM (stereo))
- Movies
- iFrame Movie: 1280 x 720 (30 fps*1) Super Slow Motion Movie: 640 x 480 (120 fps*2 when shooting, 30 fps*1 during playback), 320 x 240 (240 fps*3 when shooting, 30 fps*1 during playback) Miniature Effect: 1280 x 720*4, 640 x 480*4 Other than the above: 1920 x 1080 (24 fps*5), 1280 x 720 (30 fps*1), 640 x 480 (30 fps*1) *1 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps. *2 Actual frame rate is 119.88 fps. *3 Actual frame rate is 239.76 fps. *4 Shooting: 6 fps/3 fps/1.5 fps, Playback: 30 fps*1 *5 Actual frame rate is 23.976 fps.
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB HDMI output Analog audio output (stereo) Analog video output (NTSC/PAL)
- Direct Print Standard
- PictBridge
- Power Source
- Battery Pack NB-9L Compact Power Adapter CA-DC10 (included with AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC70)
- Dimensions (CIPA compliant)
- 99.0 x 58.9 x 21.9 mm (3.90 x 2.32 x 0.86 in.)
- Weight (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 206 g (7.27 oz.) (Including the battery and memory card) Approx. 183 g (6.46 oz.) (camera body only)
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