Why Photo Journalists Prefer Canon PowerShot SX40HS Digital Camera : A Review
February 16, 2012 in photography
Now-a-days most people related with photo journalism choose Canon SX40HS as their Camera and there are so many reasons behind it why they choose it . If you look at its specifications , you will easily understand the reasons .
Canon PowerShot-SX40-HS
First of all , the info I should share is that it is a 12.1 Megapixels cam having 600 g. Weight. Dimensions are 122.9 x 92.4 x 107.7mm . LCD size is 2.7-inch . LCD Image Resolution Display is 230,000 dots and LCD Video Resolution Display is 4000 x 2248 Pixels.
The cam supports Optical Zoom up to 30x and Digital Zoom up to 4x . Sometimes , journalists need to capture snaps form a distance from the subjects and no doubt , the high zooming ability The camera is built in with a CMOS sensor . The total aperture range for the camera is f/2.7 (W), f/5.8 (T) . It supports USB 2.0 . Total shutter speed range for Canon SX40HS is 1-1/3200 sec. 15-1/3200 sec.
Have a look at its FOCUS Range ;
Focus Range : Auto 0 in. (0 cm) – infinity (W), 4.6 ft. – infinity (T) Normal: 2 in. (5 cm) – infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4 m) – infinity (T)
Macro: 0 in. (0 cm) -1.6 ft. (50 cm) (W)
Auto Focus System : Contrast Detect (sensor), Multi-Area, Selective Single-Point, Single, Continuous, Face Detection, Live View
Manual Focus : Yes
Metering Mode : Multi, Center-Weighted, Spot
MEMORY
Card Type : SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, Eye-Fi
FILE FORMAT s that it supports ;
Image Format : Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Audio Format : Stereo
Video Format : MPEG4
HD Video : Yes
FLASH Features ;
Built in Flash : Yes (Pop-up)
Flash Range : 1.6 – 23 ft. (W), 4.6 – 9.8 ft. (T), (50 cm – 7.0 m (W), 1.4 – 3.0 m (T)
Flash Modes : Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow Sync, Fill-in
External Flash : Yes (hot-shoe)
Self Timer : Yes (2 or 10 sec, Custom)
OTHER FEATURES of the Camera ;
Viewfinder : Electronic
Image Processor : DIGIC 5
The camera , Canon SX40HS supports so many languages such as English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi , Hindi etc. .
Exposure Control Method : AE Lock
Exposure Compensation : +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
ISO features for the camera is so nice .It supports ISO rating up to 3200 .So taking images when there is not enough light is a bit easier and customers reviews say that this cam adds lower noise with higher ISO rating .
Canon SX40HS supports some presets of white balance such as Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash .However , white balance can beset manually .It supports face detection , Optical Image Stabilizer
Canon SX40HS comes with Lithium-Ion NB-10L Rechargeable Battery & Charger .
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