Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SX210 IS
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 14.1 million
- Image Sensor
- 1/2.3-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 14.5 million)
- Lens
- 5.0 (W) – 70.0 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) – 392 (T) mm f/3.1 (W) – f/5.9 (T)
- Zoom Magnification
- Approx. 14x (Up to approx. 56x in combination with the digital zoom)
- LCD Monitor
- 3.0-inch type TFT LCD color monitor Approx. 230,000 dots, Picture coverage approx. 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face Detect/Center
- Servo AF
- On/Off
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto, Easy, Normal: 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)/1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity (T) Macro: 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) Manual Focus: 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)/1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity (T) Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity (W)/3 m (9.8 ft.) – infinity (T)
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter used together
- Shutter Speeds
- 1 – 1/3200 sec. 15 – 1/3200 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Image Stabilization
- Lens-shift type
- Metering System
- Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
- Built-in Flash
- Auto, on, Slow Synchro, off * Flash exposure compensation/Flash output/Red-eye reduction/Red-eye correction/FE lock/Safety FE settings available
- Built-in Flash Range
- 75 cm – 3.5 m (W), 1.0 – 2.0 m (T) (2.5 – 11.5 ft. (W), 3.3 – 6.6 ft. (T))
- Shooting Modes
- M, Av, Tv, P, Auto, Easy, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, SCN, Movie SCN Mode: Smart Shutter (Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer, Low Light, Color Accent, Color Swap, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist Movie Mode: Standard / Color Accent / Color Swap
- Continuous Shooting
- Continuous: Approx. 0.7 images/sec. (Low Light: 2.6 images/sec.) Continuous Shooting AF: Approx. 0.5 images/sec. Continuous Shooting LV: Approx. 0.5 images/sec.
- Self-timer
- Approx. 10-sec./Approx. 2-sec. delay, Custom Timer
- i-Contrast
- Auto/Off
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus memory card, HC MMCplus memory card
- File Format
- Design rule for Camera File system and DPOF compliant (version 1.1)
- Data Type
- Still images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Movies: MOV (Image data: H.264, Audio data: Linear PCM) (Stereo)
- Number of Recording Pixels
- Still images Large: 4320 x 3240 pixels Medium 1: 3456 x 2592 pixels Medium 2: 2592 x 1944 pixels Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 pixels Small: 640 x 480 pixels Widescreen: 4320 x 2432 pixels Movies 1280 x 720 pixels (30 frames/sec.) 640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.) 320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.) * Actual frame rate is 29.97 frames/sec.
- Compression (Still images)
- Fine, Normal
- Number of Possible Shots (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 260 images
- Playback Function
- Single Image, Movie, Magnified Focus, Index, Magnified, Filtered Playback, Slideshow, Scroll Display, Smart Shuffle
- Editing Function
- Erase, Protect, My Category, Favorites, Resize, My Colors, iContrast, Trimming, Rotate, Red-Eye Correction
- Direct Print Type
- PictBridge capable
- Interface
- Digital input/output: Hi-Speed USB (mini-B compatible)* HDMI (HDMI mini connector) Analog audio output: Stereo* Analog video output: NTSC/PAL selectable* * Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital,audio/video
- Communication Settings
- MTP, PTP
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-5L (rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC30
- Operating Temperatures
- 0–40°C (32–104°F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10–90%
- Dimensions(CIPA compliant)
- 105.8 x 59.3 x 31.9 mm (4.17 x 2.33 x 1.26 in.)
- Weight (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 215 g (7.58 oz.) (Including the battery and memory card) Approx. 188 g (6.63 oz.) (Camera body only)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
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03 / PROVENANCE
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