Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot ELPH 520 HS
Canon
Regional names: IXY 3 / IXUS 500 HS.
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 10.1 million pixels
- Lens Focal Length
- 12x zoom: 4.0 (W) – 48.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) – 336 (T) mm)
- LCD Monitor
- 3.0 type color TFT LCD Effective Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots
- File Formats
- Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (version 1.1) compliant
- Data Types
- Still Images: Exif 2.3 (JPEG) Movies: MOV (H.264 video data, Linear PCM (2 channel stereo) audio data)
- Interfaces
- Hi-speed USB HDMI output Analog audio output (stereo) Analog video output (NTSC/PAL)
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-9L AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC70
- Dimensions (Based on CIPA Guidelines)
- 87.1 x 53.9 x 19.2 mm (3.43 x 2.12 x 0.76 in.)
- Weight (Based on CIPA Guidelines)
- Approx. 155g (approx. 5.47 oz.; including batteries and memory card) Approx. 135g (approx. 4.76 oz.; camera body only)
- Maximum telephoto
- 1.0 – 1.5 m (approx. 3.3 – 4.9 ft.)
- Maximum Telephoto
- 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Range in all shooting modes
- 15 – 1/4000 sec.
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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