Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Review

4.0
March 29, 2010 | Gavin Stoker |
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Specifications

IMAGE SENSOR

Type

 1/2.3 type CCD

Effective Pixels

 Approx 14.1M

Colour Filter Type

 Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR

Type

 DIGIC 4 with iSAPS technology

LENS

Focal Length

 5.0 - 70.0 mm (35mm equivalent: 28-392mm)

Zoom

 Optical 14x. Digital approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.7x or 2.1x and Safety Zoom¹). Combined approx. 56x

Maximum f/number

 f/3.1 - f/5.9

Construction

 12 elements in 10 groups (1 UD lens, 1 double-sided aspherical lens, 1 single-sided aspherical UA lens)

Image Stabilisation

 Yes (lens shift-type), 4-stop. Dynamic IS (in Movie)

FOCUSING

Type

 TTL

AF System/ Points

 Face Detection, 1-point AF (fixed to centre or Face Select and Track)

AF Modes

 Single, Continuous, Servo AF/AE¹

AF Point Selection

 Size (Normal, Small)

AF Lock

 On/Off Selectable

AF Assist Beam

 Yes

Manual Focus

 Yes

Closest Focusing Distance

 5cm (W) from front of lens in macro

EXPOSURE CONTROL

Metering modes

 Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (Centre)

AE Lock

 On/Off Selectable

Exposure Compensation

 +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. i-Contrast for automatic dynamic range correction

ISO sensitivity*

 AUTO, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

SHUTTER

Speed

 1 - 1/3200 sec (factory default)
15 - 1/3200 sec (total range - varies by shooting mode)

WHITE BALANCE

Type

 TTL

Settings

 Auto (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

LCD MONITOR

Monitor

 7.6 cm (3.0”) PureColor II G (TFT), aspect ratio 16:9, approx. 230,000 dots

Coverage

 Approx. 100%

Brightness

 Adjustable to one of five levels. Quick-bright LCD

FLASH

Modes

 Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Synchro

Slow Sync Speed

 Yes. Fastest speed 1/2000 sec

Red-Eye Reduction

 Yes

Flash Exposure Compensation

 +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE, Safety FE, Smart Flash Exposure

Flash Exposure Lock

 Yes

Manual Power Adjustment

 3 levels with internal flash

Built-in Flash Range

 75cm-3.5m (W) / 1.0m-2.0m (T)

External Flash

 Canon High Power Flash HF-DC1

SHOOTING

Modes

 Auto*, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Easy*, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Smart Shutter(Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), Low Light (3.5MP), Color Accent, Color Swap, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Stitch Assist, Movie
*with Scene Detection Technology and Motion Detection Technology

Photo Effects

 My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)

Drive modes

 Single, Continuous, Continuous with AF, Self-Timer

Continuous Shooting

 Approx. 0.7 shots/sec.¹, AF: Approx. 0.5 shots/sec.¹, LV: Approx. 0.5 shots/sec.¹ (until memory card becomes full)²

RECORDING PIXELS / COMPRESSION

Image Size

 (L) 4320 x 3240, (M1) 3456 x 2592, (M2) 2592 x 1944, (M3) 1600 x 1200, (S) 640 x 480, (W) 4320 x 2432. Resize in playback (M3, S, 320 x 240)

Compression

 Fine, Normal

Movies

 (HD) 1280 x 720, 30fps, (L)640 x 480, 30fps, (M)320 x 240, 30fps

Movie Length

 Up to 4GB or 29 min. 59 sec (HD)¹
Up to 4GB or 1 hour (L, M)²

FILE TYPES

Still Image Type

 JPEG compression, (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

Movies

 MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]

DIRECT PRINT

Canon Printers

 Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and Canon Inkjet Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Fixed Size Print and Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP & ES printers only)

PictBridge

 Yes

OTHER FEATURES

Red-Eye Correction

 Yes, during shooting and playback

My Camera / My Menu

 Start-up image and camera sounds customisation

My Category

 Image tagging feature

Intelligent Orientation Sensor

 Yes

Histogram

 Yes

Playback Zoom

 Approx. 2x – 10x

Self Timer

 Approx. 2 or 10 sec. or Custom

Menu Languages

 English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Ukrainian, Romanian, Farsi

INTERFACE

Computer

 Hi-Speed USB (MTP, PTP) dedicated connector (Mini-B compatible)

Other

 HDMI Mini Connector. A/V output (PAL/NTSC)
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