Canon PowerShot

PowerShot is a line of consumer and grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996. The first model, the PowerShot 600, came shortly after Canon released and subsequently discontinued its SV series in 1992, marking the move to digital cameras. The PowerShot line has been successful for Canon, and is one of the best-selling digital camera lines worldwide. The PowerShot's success comes from its marketing to the general public as a compact and easy to use digital camera.

Free software from the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) project allows nearly complete programmatic control of PowerShot cameras, enabling users to add features, up to and including BASIC and Lua scripting.

In 2005, certain models of PowerShot A-series and S-series cameras were affected by third-party CCD sensors with a design flaw, which caused them to fail and display severely distorted images. Canon offered to repair affected cameras free of charge.

Products

• D series: outdoor cameras with waterproof, freeze-resistant, and shock-resistant bodies
• E series: design-oriented budget cameras
• G series: flagship cameras with advanced features
• S/SD series (also known as PowerShot Digital ELPH, Digital IXUS, and IXY Digital): "Performance and Style" ultra-compact point-and-shoot cameras
• S/SX series: ultra-zoom cameras
• V series: vlogging cameras

("IS" and "HS" are not a series; they are suffixes that denote "image stabilization" and "high sensitivity" respectively.)

• PowerShot 600 (1996)
• S series: originally a series of compact point-and-shoot cameras, currently a series of prosumer cameras slotting beneath the G series
• A series: "Easy and Fun" budget cameras ranging from point-and-shoot to prosumer cameras
• Pro series: semi-professional-level cameras slotting right beneath Canon's dSLRs, consisting of the Pro70 (1998), Pro90 IS (2001), and Pro1 (2004)
• TX series: hybrid camera–camcorders

See also

• List of Canon products

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