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CANON POWERSHOT SX40 HS
8GB MEMORY CARD
MANUAL
BATTERY
CHARGER
NECKSTRAP
INTERFACE CABLE
The Canon PowerShot SX40 HS is a 12 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a massive 35x optical range. Announced in September 2011, it replaces the best-selling PowerShot SX30 IS. The new model keeps essentially the same body, lens, screen, controls and battery as its predecessor, but switches its 14 Megapixel CCD for a 12 Megapixel CMOS sensor.
This reduction in resolution and adoption of CMOS technology is part of Canon's High Sensitivity, HS, system which claims to reduce noise levels; the SX40 HS is also one of the first PowerShots to employ the company's latest DIGIC 5 processor. The combination of CMOS and DIGIC 5 also allow the SX40 HS to offer 1080p video at 24fps and faster continuous shooting at up to 10.3fps (for eight frames). Both are very welcome upgrades over its predecessor which only offered 720p video and 1.3fps continuous shooting. The SX40 HS also adds new slow motion movie effects with 120fps VGA and 240fps QVGA options. A selection of Creative Filters can also be applied live, including a miniature effect which also works on movies.
The 35x zoom may deliver the same 24-840mm equivalent range as its predecessor, but Canon's added Intelligent IS technology which automatically switches between different stabilisation modes to best suit the subject and conditions, whether it's normal handheld, panning, macro or tripod-based.