Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS / Digital IXUS 1000 HS / IXY 50S Overview

Announced Aug 19, 2010 •
10 megapixels | 3 screen | 36 – 360 mm (10×)
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Reviewed Jul 20, 2011
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Product description
Announced Aug 19, 2010

Canon describes the PowerShot SD4500 IS (IXUS 1000 HS in Europe) as the world's slimmest super zoom camera, though that's always a crown destined to be worn for a very short period of time. Measuring 22mm at the thinnest side, it features the company's 'HS' system first featured in the SD4000 IS, promising better low-light performance and high-speed photography. It shares the same 10MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor and 3 inch LCD as the SD4000 IS, but offers a longer 10x zoom range starting at a rather over-long 36mm equivalent. The image-stabilized camera can record full HD movies as well as Super Slow Motion movies at 240fps, and (in Europe, at least) represents ten years since the IXUS range first went digital.

Quick specs
Body type Compact
Max resolution 3648 x 2736
Effective pixels 10 megapixels
Sensor size 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
Sensor type BSI-CMOS
ISO Auto, 125 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
Focal length (equiv.) 36–360 mm
Max aperture F3.4–5.6
Articulated LCD Fixed
Screen size 3
Screen dots 230,000
Max shutter speed 1/4000 sec
Format Motion JPEG
Storage types SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC/MMCplus/MMCplus HC
USB USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
Weight (inc. batteries) 190 g (0.42 lb / 6.70 oz)
Dimensions 101 x 59 x 22 mm (3.98 x 2.32 x 0.87)
GPS None

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