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PowerShot is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996. In 1996 the first model was introduced to the market, the PowerShot 600, which came shortly after Canon released and subsequently discounted its SV series in 1992 and switched 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

Current

• D series: waterproof, freeze-resistant, and shock-resistant
• 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

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

Discontinued

• 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

References

1. "PowerShot 600". Canon Camera Museum.
2. "Canon Camera Story (1992–1996) - From Analog SV Cameras to Digital Cameras". Canon. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011. ()
3. "View by period - 1992-1996 - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
4. Slashdot, Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras, Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 06 2008, @04:56PM, from the now-don't-brick-it dept.
5. "Service Notice: CCD Image Sensor Advisory". 2005-10-06. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
6. "Canon Powershot 600 (1996)". The Digital Camera Museum. Retrieved 2018-02-22.

External links

Media related to Canon PowerShot at Wikimedia Commons

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