Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SX240 HS
Canon
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 12.1 megapixels
- Lens Focal Length
- 20x zoom: 4.5 (W) – 90 (T) mm(35mm film equivalent: 25 (W) – 500 (T) mm)
- LCD Monitor
- 3.0 type color TFT LCDEffective Pixels: Approx. 461,000 pixels
- 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 (stereo) audio data)
- Interfaces
- Hi-speed USBHDMI outputAnalog audio output (stereo)Analog video output (NTSC/PAL)
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-6LAC Adapter Kit ACK-DC40
- Dimensions (Based on CIPA Guidelines)
- 106.3 x 61.0 x 32.7 mm (4.19 x 2.40 x 1.29 in.)
- Weight (Based on CIPA Guidelines)
- Approx. 224 g (approx. 7.90 oz.; including batteries and memory card) Approx. 201 g (approx. 7.09 oz.; camera body only)
- Maximum Telephoto
- 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Range in all shooting modes
- 15 – 1/3200 sec.
- Tv mode available values (sec.)
- 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000, 1/2500, 1/3200
- Av mode available values*
- f/3.5, f/4.0, f/4.5, f/5.0, f/5.6, f/6.3, f/6.8, f/7.1, f/8.0 * Not all aperture values are available at all zoom positions.
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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