Bridge / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SX40 HS
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Zoom Magnification
- 35x
- Focusing Range
- 0 cm (0 in.) – infinity (W), 1.4 m (4.6 ft.) – infinity (T) • Macro 0 – 50 cm (W) (0 in. – 1.6 ft. (W))
- Image Stabilizer (IS) System
- Lens-shift type
- Imaging Processor
- DIGIC 5
- Electronic Viewfinder
- Effective dots: Approx. 202,000 (67,000 x 3) • Dioptric adjustment and 5 levels of brightness adjustment
- Size
- 2.7 type
- Effective Pixels
- Approx. 230,000 dots
- Aspect Ratio
- 4:3
- Features
- Brightness adjustment (5 levels), Quick-bright LCD Variangle type (Movement: approx. 175 degrees horizontal, approx. 270 degrees rotational)
- AF Frame
- Face Detect, Tracking AF, Center, FlexiZone
- 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
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/3200 sec. 15 – 1/3200 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- f/number
- f/2.7 – f/8.0 (W), f/5.8 – f/8.0 (T)
- Hot Shoe
- Available
- Range
- 50 cm – 7.0 m (W), 1.4 – 3.0 m (T) (1.6 – 23 ft. (W), 4.6 – 9.8 ft. (T))
- Shooting Modes
- C2, C1, M, Av, Tv, P, Auto*1, Sports, SCN*2, Creative Filters*3, Movie*4 • Shooting movies is possible with the movie button *1 Smart Auto also available for movies *2 Movie Digest, Portrait, Landscape, Smart Shutter*5, High-speed Burst HQ, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist *3 Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap *4 Standard, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie *5 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer
- Digital Zoom
- Still images/Movies: Approx. 4x (up to approx. 140x in combination with the optical zoom) Safety Zoom, Digital tele-converter
- Speed
- Approx. 2.4 shots/sec. (In P mode) Approx. 10.3 shots/sec. (In High-speed Burst HQ mode)
- Number of Shots (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 400 shots (Viewfinder) Approx. 380 shots (LCD monitor)
- 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
- [Super Slow Motion Movie] 640 x 480 (120 fps when shooting, 30 fps*1 during playback), 320 x 240 (240 fps when shooting, 30 fps*1 during playback) [Miniature Effect] 1280 x 720*2 / 640 x 480*2 [iFrame Movie] 1280 x 720 (30 fps*1) [Other than the above] 1920 x 1080 (24 fps*3) / 1280 x 720 (30 fps*1) / 640 x 480 (30 fps*1) *1 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps. *2 Shooting: 6 fps, 3 fps, 1.5 fps Playback: 30 fps*1 *3 Actual frame rate is 23.976 fps.
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB HDMI output Analog audio output (stereo) Digital video output (NTSC/PAL)
- Direct Print Standard
- PictBridge
- Power Source
- Battery Pack NB-10L Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700 (when used with AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC80)
- Dimensions (CIPA compliant)
- 122.9 x 92.4 x 107.7 mm (4.84 x 3.64 x 4.24 in.)
- Weight (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 600 g (Approx. 21.2 oz.) (Including the battery and memory card) Approx. 557 g (Approx. 19.6 oz.) (camera body only)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
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03 / PROVENANCE
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