PowerShot SX420 IS Compact Camera

Whether it's a vacation, party or just everyday life, capturing every precious moment is effortless with this 20 megapixel digital camera. 42X optical zoom gives you a reach all the way from 24mm to 1008mm to see movements and expressions from a distance. Wide-angle lens lets you take photos of brilliant landscapes and large group portraits. Optical image stabilizer helps ensure you get clear and virtually noise-free images whether you're shooting near or far. Built-in Wi-Fi and NFC allow you to send images and video to compatible mobile devices and your computer, share directly with select social networking sites, and shoot remotely with your smartphone, tablet and more. DIGIC 4-plus image processor helps create a crisp resolution and beautiful, natural images. Plus, take 720p HD video at the press of a button, zooming in and out while shooting. Smart AUTO intelligently selects the most appropriate camera settings to capture incredible images in a variety of situations.

Manufacturer Part Number
1068C001
EAN/UPC
0013803269345,013803269345
Full Product Specifications

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Type
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 42x Optical, 4x Digital and 168x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer

Image Capture Device

Type
20.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD

Total Pixels
Approx. 20.5 Megapixels

Effective Pixels
Approx. 20.0 Megapixels*
* Image processing may cause a decrease in the number of pixels.

Lens

Focal Length
4.3 (W) - 180.6 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 24-1008mm)

Digital Zoom
4x

Focusing Range
Normal: 2.0 in. (5.0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
Auto/Manual: 0.0 in. (0.0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
Macro: 0.0 in. - 1.6 ft. (0-50cm) (W)
Infinity: 9.8 ft. (3.0m) - infinity (W), 9.8 ft. (3.0m) - infinity (T)

Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder
Not available

LCD Monitor
3.0-inch TFT Color LCD with wide viewing angle (4:3)

LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots

LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture
f/3.5 (W), f/6.6 (T)

Shutter Speed
1-1/4000 sec.
15-1 sec. (in Long Shutter Mode)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity
Auto, ISO 100-1600

Light Metering Method
Evaluative, Center Weighted Average, Spot

Exposure Compensation
Still Images: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance

White Balance Control
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

Flash

Built-in Flash
Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off

Flash Range
1.6-16.0 ft. (W), 4.6-8.9 ft. (T)
50.0cm - 5.0m (W), 1.4-2.7m (T)

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes
P, Live View Control, Auto, Portrait, Face Self-Timer, Low Light, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Fireworks, Long Shutter

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

Self Timer
Off / 2 sec. / 10 sec. / Custom

Wireless Control
Built-in Wi-Fi® and NFC

Continuous Shooting
Normal Continuous Shooting in Auto/P modes: Approx. 0.5 shots/sec.
Normal Continuous Shooting AF in Low Light mode: Approx. 2.2 shots/sec.

  • Under lighting conditions where flash does not fire automatically.
  • Excluding RAW and RAW+JPEG.
  • Until memory card becomes full.
Image Storage

Storage Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards

File Format
Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) compliant; DPOF (Version 1.1) compatible

Image Recording Format
Superfine / Fine

JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MP4 (Image: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (Monaural))

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:
1) 16:9 - Large: 5152 x 2896; Medium 1: 3648 x 2048; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360

2) 3:2 - Large: 5152 x 3432; Medium 1: 3648 x 2432; Medium 2: 2048 x 1368; Small: 640 x 424

3) 4:3 - Large: 5152 x 3864; Medium 1: 3648 x 2736; Medium 2: 2048 x 1536; Medium: 2560 x 1920; Small: 640 x 480

4) 1:1 - Large: 3856 x 3856; Medium 1: 2736 x 2736; Medium 2: 1536 x 1536; Small: 480 x 480

Videos:
HD 1280 x 720: 25.00 fps
640 x 480: 29.97 fps

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Specifications

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What's Included?

Type
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 42x Optical, 4x Digital and 168x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer

Image Capture Device

Type
20.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD

Total Pixels
Approx. 20.5 Megapixels

Effective Pixels
Approx. 20.0 Megapixels*
* Image processing may cause a decrease in the number of pixels.

Lens

Focal Length
4.3 (W) - 180.6 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 24-1008mm)

Digital Zoom
4x

Focusing Range
Normal: 2.0 in. (5.0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
Auto/Manual: 0.0 in. (0.0cm) - infinity (W), 4.6 ft. (1.4m) - infinity (T)
Macro: 0.0 in. - 1.6 ft. (0-50cm) (W)
Infinity: 9.8 ft. (3.0m) - infinity (W), 9.8 ft. (3.0m) - infinity (T)

Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder
Not available

LCD Monitor
3.0-inch TFT Color LCD with wide viewing angle (4:3)

LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots

LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture
f/3.5 (W), f/6.6 (T)

Shutter Speed
1-1/4000 sec.
15-1 sec. (in Long Shutter Mode)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity
Auto, ISO 100-1600

Light Metering Method
Evaluative, Center Weighted Average, Spot

Exposure Compensation
Still Images: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance

White Balance Control
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

Flash

Built-in Flash
Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off

Flash Range
1.6-16.0 ft. (W), 4.6-8.9 ft. (T)
50.0cm - 5.0m (W), 1.4-2.7m (T)

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes
P, Live View Control, Auto, Portrait, Face Self-Timer, Low Light, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Fireworks, Long Shutter

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

Self Timer
Off / 2 sec. / 10 sec. / Custom

Wireless Control
Built-in Wi-Fi® and NFC

Continuous Shooting
Normal Continuous Shooting in Auto/P modes: Approx. 0.5 shots/sec.
Normal Continuous Shooting AF in Low Light mode: Approx. 2.2 shots/sec.

  • Under lighting conditions where flash does not fire automatically.
  • Excluding RAW and RAW+JPEG.
  • Until memory card becomes full.

Image Storage

Storage Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards

File Format
Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) compliant; DPOF (Version 1.1) compatible

Image Recording Format
Superfine / Fine

JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MP4 (Image: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (Monaural))

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:
1) 16:9 - Large: 5152 x 2896; Medium 1: 3648 x 2048; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360

2) 3:2 - Large: 5152 x 3432; Medium 1: 3648 x 2432; Medium 2: 2048 x 1368; Small: 640 x 424

3) 4:3 - Large: 5152 x 3864; Medium 1: 3648 x 2736; Medium 2: 2048 x 1536; Medium: 2560 x 1920; Small: 640 x 480

4) 1:1 - Large: 3856 x 3856; Medium 1: 2736 x 2736; Medium 2: 1536 x 1536; Small: 480 x 480

Videos:
HD 1280 x 720: 25.00 fps
640 x 480: 29.97 fps

Number of Recordable Images

Image data
Approx. Number of Shots Recordable to 16 GB Memory Card

 : 16:9: 3:2: 4:3: 1:1
Large (L): SF: 2,381: 2,015: 1,792: 2,393
F: 4,015: 3,397: 3,017: 4,015
Medium 1 (M1): SF: 4,717: 3,982: 3,546: 4,717
F: 7,965: 6,656: 5,925: 7,837
Medium 2 (M2): SF: 13,497: 10,563: 9,344: 12,459
F: 24,296: 18,689: 16,755: 22,087
Medium: F: -: -: 10,798: -
Small (S): SF: 69,418: 60,741: 53,992: 69,418
F: 97,186: 80,988: 80,988: 97,186

Note: SF=Superfine F=FineTime of Recordable Movies

Movie data

  • The values in the table are based on Canon measurement conditions and may change depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
  • After Low-level formatting.


Shooting Mode : Pixels : Frame Rate/Video System : Recording Time per 16 GB Memory Card (Approx.) : Single Clip Recording Time (Approx.)*1 : Movie Size (KB/sec.) : Video Recording Bit Rate
When Movie button is pressed in Auto : HD
(1280 x 720) : 25.00 fps : 2 hr. 35 min. 37 sec. : 29 min. 59 sec. : 1624 : Approx. 15 Mbps
VGA
(640 x 480) : 29.97 fps : 8 hr. 25 min.
48 sec. : 1 hr. : 450 : Approx. 3 Mbps

*1 Using an SD Speed Class 10 / UHS-I compatible memory card.
• Recording stops automatically once the file size reaches 4 GB or the memory card becomes full.
• Recording may stop unexpectedly if a memory card with a low Speed Class is used.

Playback Specifications

Playback Modes File
Protect, Favorites, Erase, Slideshow, Rotate, i-Contrast, Resize, Cropping, Red-Eye Correction, My Colors, Photobook Set-up, Scroll Display, Auto Rotate, Resume, Transition Effect

Interfaces

Video Out
NTSC/PAL

Audio Out
Monaural

Other
Hi-Speed USB (Mini-B); direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers

Power Source
Battery Pack NB-11LH

Shooting Capacity
Approx. 195 shots
Approx. 260 shots in ECO Mode

Video Recording Time: Approx. 50 min.

Playback Time
Approx. 5 hr.

Physical Specifications

Operating Temperature
32-104°F / 0-40°C

Operating Humidity
10-90%

Dimensions (W x H x D)
4.11 x 2.72 x 3.35 in. / 104.4 x 69.1 x 85.1mm

Weight
11.5 oz. / 325g (CIPA standard)
10.9 oz. / 308g (Body only)