Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Compact Digital Camera

The World's Within Your Reach.
Imagine getting right down on the field to capture sports action, zeroing in on your child's expression on a crowded stage, and recording elusive wildlife shots. All this and more is possible with the PowerShot SX50 HS offering the world's first 50x Optical Zoom lens* in a compact digital camera, which goes all the way from a wide-angle 24mm to 1200mm (35mm equivalent) to capture any shot you choose. The PowerShot SX50 HS doesn't just get you up close to the action, it delivers spectacular image quality to every shot. The Canon HS SYSTEM, a combination of a 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 5 Image Processor, achieves beautiful images up to ISO 6400. Record your memorable moments in incredibly lifelike 1080p Full HD video with stereo sound and High Speed AF ensures you'll capture all the action with faster focusing speed and reduced shooting lag time. The PowerShot SX50 HS also features the additional benefit of Zoom Framing Assist Seek and Lock functions, for easy tracking of and keeping the subject centered in the frame until you capture the image. With powerful technologies that add convenience and advanced capabilities, PowerShot SX50 HS can help you capture more of life every day.

• World's first 50x Optical Zoom (24-1200mm) and 24mm Wide-Angle lens* with Optical Image Stabilizer delivers magnificent images whether you are up close or far away.
  
  Every Shot Within Your Reach.
  Experience the difference that the ultra-zooming power of the PowerShot SX50 HS's 24mm Wide-Angle 50x Optical Zoom lens can make on your everyday shooting. The extraordinary focal length of 4.3–215.0mm (35mm film equivalent: 24–1200mm) lets you capture everything from wide-angle shots to super-telephoto shots from wherever you are, while every shot exhibits the unique quality inherent to Canon optics. You'll easily reach into sporting events from up in the bleachers, catch beautiful candid shots of your children without disrupting the scene, and achieve wildlife and landscape photography you never thought possible. Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer ensures that whether up close or far away, every shot is clear and steady.
Zoom Framing Assist
It's easy to track and capture subjects while using the extreme telephoto on the PowerShot SX50 HS. Use the Zoom Framing Assist Seek function to locate and track your subjects even a long distance away; by simply pressing a button, this function remembers your previous zoom position, zooms out to let you locate your subject, and zooms right back into the saved position when you release the button. And with the Zoom Framing Assist Lock, the camera will lock onto and automatically track a subject, intelligently keeping them in the center of the frame until you're ready to capture the perfect close-up shot.

*As of August 21, 2012.

• 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor combined with a DIGIC 5 Image Processor creates the Canon HS SYSTEM for improved low-light performance up to ISO 6400 and enhanced image quality.
  
  Beautiful Images and Fast Performance Start Here.
  The PowerShot SX50 HS employs a Canon 12.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor, which delivers state-of-the-art imaging performance and is optimized for use in compact cameras. Utilizing a sophisticated light-capturing design, it provides high sensitivity for improved high ISO capture with reduced noise. It is also a high-speed design, capable of rapidly capturing and moving image data to the processor, enabling faster continuous shooting and faster autofocus.
  Canon DIGIC 5 Image Processor
  The latest-generation Canon DIGIC 5 Image Processor works with the PowerShot SX50 HS's image sensor to bring phenomenal increases in processing speed and power, delivering incredible detail in more situations, without the need for artificial light sources. Improved noise reduction produces clearer images when shooting in low light at high ISO speeds. The faster processing speed results in faster continuous shooting capability while maintaining full image quality. With the power of the DIGIC 5 Image Processor, the PowerShot SX50 HS can achieve higher ISO sensitivity and even perform advanced functions like lens correction, special scene modes and much more.
  Canon HS SYSTEM for exceptional low-light performance up to ISO 6400
  The PowerShot SX50 HS gives you the power to create images with spectacular depth, detail and emotional resonance. The 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor works in concert with Canon's latest-generation DIGIC 5 Image Processor to create the renowned Canon HS SYSTEM. With the Canon HS SYSTEM, you'll experience excellent tracking performance even in low light, and achieve gorgeous still image quality even at high ISO speeds all the way up to ISO 6400; beautiful low-light shots are possible with minimal noise and maximum detail in highlight and shadow areas. The Canon HS SYSTEM lets you use higher shutter speeds to capture clearer images with reduced noise and blur in a variety of situations for incredible photos and even when shooting video.

• Capture stunning 1080p Full HD video in stereo sound with a dedicated movie button; zoom while shooting and play back videos on an HDTV via the HDMI output.
  
  Get the Complete HD Experience.
  Simply touch the dedicated movie button, now conveniently embedded in the PowerShot SX50 HS's thumb pad, to start recording video in 1080p Full HD that is breathtakingly vivid and realistic. You're free to use the full range of the zoom in movie mode, and sound is recorded in stereo. HDMI output allows you to view and share your video on an HDTV immediately, simply by connecting the camera to the TV with an optional HDMI cable.

• High Speed AF greatly improves focus speed and High-Speed Burst HQ allows for continuous capture at a maximum of 10 frames* while maintaining superb image quality.
  
  Faster Focus and High-speed Shooting.
  The PowerShot SX50 HS is equipped with Canon's latest advancement in AF technology: High Speed AF. The result of several improved technologies, High Speed AF delivers significantly faster focus speed of 0.19 seconds and a dramatically reduced shooting lag time of only 0.25 seconds, for a super-responsive shooting experience that lets you capture every great shot as it happens. The technology also powers the camera's new High-Speed Burst HQ, with continuous capture at a maximum speed of approximately 13 fps. Moreover, images captured in High-Speed Burst HQ maintain the camera's superb image quality.
  
  *The continuous shooting speed is approximately 13.0 fps.

• Intelligent IS automatically chooses from six different modes to optimize image stabilization for the shooting condition.
  
  Optimal Image Stabilization in Any Situation.
  It's easy to capture clear, steady images with the PowerShot SX50 HS, even in low light without using a tripod. That's because the camera is equipped with Canon's innovative Intelligent IS. The system analyzes camera movement and applies the best shake correction method for the shooting situation – allowing you to focus on framing and capturing your shot. For stills, the system automatically selects among Normal, Panning, Macro (Hybrid) and Tripod IS modes. When shooting video, the system automatically selects among Dynamic, Powered, Macro and Tripod IS modes. Dynamic IS has been enhanced to provide better performance than ever before, now compensating for rotational movement centered on the optical axis in addition to horizontal tilt and vertical pitch, for beautifully clear and steady video.

• Bright 2.8-inch Vari-angle LCD with 461,000 dots for shooting at a variety of angles, plus an Electronic Viewfinder.
  
  Convenient Shooting Flexibility.
  The PowerShot SX50 HS gives you lots of ways to frame a great shot. The bright 2.8-inch Vari-angle LCD has excellent resolution (approximately 461,000 dots), and flips out and swivels/rotates for shooting at unusual angles, even letting you capture perfectly framed self-portraits. The camera also has an Electronic Viewfinder to give you the classic photographic experience.

• Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper camera settings based on 58 predefined shooting situations and the Face ID function adjusts focus and exposure priority based on pre-registered faces.
  
  Automatically Optimize Virtually Any Shot.
  In Smart AUTO, the PowerShot SX50 HS analyzes various factors in the scene's background and subject, then selects optimal camera settings based on predefined shooting situations to achieve the best possible image quality. The Smart AUTO function on PowerShot SX50 HS includes an astonishing 58 predefined shooting situations, giving you spectacular image quality in virtually any photographic conditions you'll encounter. Canon's futuristic Face ID feature allows you to register up to 12 faces on your camera, then gives those faces priority over others with regard to focus and exposure. As a result, even in group scenes, you'll always get great shots of your children, family and friends.

• Full range of shooting and recording modes including RAW+JPEG for the ultimate creative control.
  
  Set Your Creativity Free.
  As with many EOS DSLR cameras, the PowerShot SX50 HS uses a 12-bit converter to process the output of the CMOS sensor, resulting in true color, smooth tonal transitions and natural gradations. The PowerShot SX50 HS lets you shoot in RAW mode, which records all the information captured by the sensor, giving you outstanding flexibility and complete creative control when editing your images with Canon's powerful bundled software, and the camera allows you to record in RAW and JPEG formats simultaneously. Now in RAW mode, you can even select among several aspect ratios, including 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, and 4:5.

• Built-in hot shoe allows compatibility with optional Speedlite flashes for additional lighting options.
  
  Ready to Expand Your Creative Options.
  When you're ready to take your creativity further with the lighting and exposure possibilities of an optional Canon Speedlite, the PowerShot SX50 HS is ready too. The camera has a built-in hot shoe that makes it compatible with a variety of Speedlite flashes.

• Additional Features.
  
  Direct Connect to Your Printer
  It's quick and easy to make beautiful prints from your PowerShot camera with Canon's Direct Print system. Directly connect your PowerShot camera to a Canon PIXMA or SELPHY photo printer with a USB cable and simply press the button to print; turn every favorite moment into an amazing photo.

• Type: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 50x Optical, 4x Digital and 200x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer

• Type: 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
• Total Pixels: Approx. 12.8 Megapixels
• Effective Pixels: Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

• Focal Length: 4.3 (W) - 215.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 24-1200mm)
• Digital Zoom: 4.0x
• Focusing Range:
  Normal: 2.0 in. (5cm) - infinity (W), 4.3 ft. (1.3m) - infinity (T)
  Auto: 0 in (0cm) - infinity (W), 4.3 ft. (1.3m) - infinity (T)
  Sports: 3.3 ft. (1m) - infinity (W), 43 ft. (13m) - infinity (T)
  Macro AF: 0 in. - 1.6 ft. (0-50cm) (W)
• Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus, Manual Focus

• Optical Viewfinder: Optical N/A.
• Electronic Viewfinder: (Approx. 202,000 dots)
• LCD Monitor: 2.8-inch TFT Color Vari-angle LCD with wide viewing angle
• LCD Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots
• LCD Coverage: Approx. 100%

• Maximum Aperture: f/3.4 (W), f/6.5 (T)
• Shutter Speed:
  1-1/2000 sec.
  15-1/2000 sec. (in Tv and M modes)

• Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 80/100/125/160/200/250/320/400/500/640/800/1000/1250/1600/ 2000/2500/3200/4000/5000/6400
• Light Metering Method:
  Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
  * Facial brightness is evaluated in Face Detection AF
  ** Metering frame is fixed to the center
• Exposure Control Method: Manual Exposure, Program Shift, Safety Shift, AE Lock
• Exposure Compensation: Still Images: ± 3 stops in 1/3-stop increments
• Videos: ± 3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (not available during shooting)

• White Balance Control:
  Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom 1, Custom 2
  * Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.

• Built-in Flash:
  Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off
  - Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.
• Flash Range:
  1.6 ft. - 18 ft. (W), 4.6 - 9.8 ft. (T) (50cm - 5.5m (W), (1.4m - 3.0m (T))
  Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance
• Recycling Time: 10 seconds or less (battery voltage: 7.4V)
• Flash Exposure Compensation: ± 2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

• Shooting Modes:
  C1, C2, M, Av, Tv, P, Auto, Movie Digest, Sports, SCN*1, Creative Filters*2, Movie*3
  - Shooting movies is possible with the movie button
  *1 Portrait, Smooth Skin, Smart Shutter*4, High-Speed Burst HQ, Handheld NightScene, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist
  *2 High Dynamic Range, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap
  *3 Standard, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie
  *4 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer
• Photo Effects:
  My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green,
  Vivid Red, Custom Color *
  *Adjustment of contrast sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone are available.
• Self Timer:
  Custom*, Approx. 2-sec. delay, Approx. 10-sec. delay
  * Delay time (0-15 sec. (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 sec.) and number of shots (1-10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.
• Wireless Control: N/A
• Continuous Shooting:
  1) Normal: Approx. 2.2 shots/sec. (in P mode)
  Approx. 13 shots/sec.* (in High-Speed Burst HQ)
  2) AF: Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (in P mode)
  Approx. 4.1 shots/sec.* (in High-Speed Burst HQ)
  3) LV: Approx. 0.9 shots/sec. (in P mode)
  - Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically
  - Differs depending on the zoom position.
  * The maximum continuous capture is 10 frames.

• Storage Media: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
• File Format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant
• Image Recording Format: Superfine / Fine
• JPEG Compression Mode:
  Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
  Video: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo))
• Number of Recording Pixels:
  Still Images:
  1) 16:9 - Large: 4000 x 2248; Medium 1: 2816 x 1584; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360; RAW: 4000 x 2248
  2) 3:2 - Large: 4000 x 2664; Medium 1: 2816 x 1880; Medium 2: 1600 x 1064; Small: 640 x 424; RAW: 4000 x 2664
  3) 4:3 - Large: 4000 x 3000; Medium 1: 2816 x 2112; Medium 2: 1600 x 1200; Small: 640 x 480; Raw: 4000 x 3000
  4) 1:1 - Large: 2992 x 2992; Medium 1: 2112 x 2112; Medium 2: 1200 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480; RAW: 2992 x 2992
  5) 4:5 - Large: 2400 x 3000; Medium 1: 1696 x 2112; Medium 2: 960 x 1200; Small: 384 x 480; RAW: 2400 x 3000
  
  Videos:
  Full HD 1920 x 1080: 24 fps (23.976)
  HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps (29.97)
  iFrame Movie HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps (29.97)
  Movie Digest HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps (29.97)
  Miniature Effect HD 1280 x 720: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
  Miniature Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
  Super Slow Motion Movie 640 x 480: 120 fps
  Super Slow Motion Movie 320 x 240: 240 fps
  640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)

• Playback Modes File:
  Stills & Videos:
  Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Index Continuous Display, Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition Effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites,
  My Category, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Movie Digest, Slideshow (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)
  
  Still Images:
  Single, Index, Magnification (2-10x), Switch to other images while zoomed, Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Photobook Setup, Trimming, Resize,
  My Colors, Face ID info, Focus Check, Histogram, RGB Histogram, Location Information, Overexposure Warning
  
  Videos:
  Normal Playback*1, Slow Motion, Skip Backward*2, Previous Frame*3, Next Frame*3, Skip Forward*2, Erase chapters, Editing
  Using the software included with the camera (ImageBrowser EX), there are 8 levels (1/8x to 1x) of playback speed for Super Slow Motion Movies possible on a computer.
  *1 Audio settings available in 5 levels
  *2 Approximately 4 seconds
  *3 Slow motion available

• Erase Modes:
  Select Image, Select Range, Select All Images
  - The image data in the memory card stored with the Design rule for Camera File systems format can be erased (however, protected images cannot be erased).
  - Using the Movie editing function, sections of the movie can be deleted.

• Video Out:
  NTSC/PAL (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
  Mini-HDMI connector
• Audio Out: Stereo (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
• Other: SD memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers
• Power Source: Battery Pack NB-10L, Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700 (included with AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC80)
• Shooting Capacity:
  Approx. 315 shots when using LCD monitor
  Approx. 335 shots when using Electronic Viewfinder
• Playback Time: Approx. 7 hours

• Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
• Operating Humidity: 10-90%
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.82 x 3.44 x 4.15 in. / 122.5 x 87.3 x 105.5mm
• Weight:
  21.0 oz. / 595g (CIPA standard)
  19.4 oz. / 551g (camera only)

30 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese.) All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.