Product Description

The versatile 12.1 Megapixel PowerShot SX20 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 20x wide-angle zoom, so you can really explore your creativity. Choose manual mode for full exposure and creative control or switch to Smart Auto for effortlessly great results across a wide range of shooting conditions. Either way a host of intelligent Canon technologies, including optical image stabilisation for blur free images even at super high zoom, ensure stunning pictures. What's more you can quickly and easily shoot superb HD movies at the touch of a button.

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The amazing 20x Optical zoom is equivalent to a 35mm lens of 28-560mm Click here for a larger image

Superzoom power. All-round excellence.
The versatile 12.1 Megapixel PowerShot SX20 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 20x wide-angle zoom, so you can really explore your creativity. Choose manual mode for full exposure and creative control or switch to Smart Auto for effortlessly great results across a wide range of shooting conditions. Either way a host of intelligent Canon technologies, including optical image stabilisation for blur free images even at super high zoom, ensure stunning pictures. What’s more you can quickly and easily shoot superb HD movies at the touch of a button.

More creative options - near or far
Thanks to the PowerShot’s big 20x zoom lens, equivalent to a 35mm lens of 28-560mm, you can not only get all the advantages of wide angle but you can also zoom in to get great close ups of far away objects.

The versatility of the superzoom lens means you can really explore your creativity. From improved group shots and landscapes with a greater sense of space to close up action shots and sharp macro photography, you have the power to capture photos that really catch the eye of the viewer.  Camera shake can be an issue with zoom lenses but Canon’s market-leading Optical Image Stabilisation over four F stops makes sure that you can capture steady shots even at super high zoom.

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HD movies at the touch of a button
Create smooth, High Definition, stereo movies at the touch of a dedicated button. The bright 2.5” PureColor LCD II vari-angle screen helps you frame your movies even at difficult angles and also provides a flexible viewing screen so you can share them with friends. Or you can connect using the mini HDMI cable included, for playback on HD widescreen TV with no loss of quality. Either way you and your friends will be amazed by the results.

Intelligent by design for the perfect image
Setting the PowerShot SX20 IS to Smart Auto mode allows the camera to intelligently select the appropriate settings so you can concentrate on your subject. Advanced Scene Detection Technology automatically analyses shooting conditions then selects the perfect settings from 22 specially defined scenes. So whether you’re photographing flowers, a captivating sunset or friends in the park you can be confident you’re getting the perfect image.

With moving subjects – Servo Auto Focus (AF) is in constant operation so they always in focus and you never have to miss a shot, while Motion Detection technology reduces subject blurring. For close ups the camera automatically switches to macro mode for sharp shots and, no matter what the setting may be, optimum exposure and flash controls ensure your subject is perfectly lit and dark and light areas are accurately reproduced.

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Full manual mode for greater control
The PowerShot SX20 IS bridges the gap between digital still compact cameras and digital SLR, by offering the option to take photos in full manual mode. With full control over exposure settings you can really make your photos your own, exploring not only the full potential of this powerful camera but also the limits of your own imagination. For even more creative control the camera also includes a hot shoe mounting for attachment of an external flash and is fully compatible with Canon’s EX Speedlite flash range.

  A world of advantages with Canon technology

The Optical Image Stabiliser automatically detects and corrects camera shake. Click here for a larger image

Rich razor-sharp images - every time 
The lens is the most important part of any imaging device and all Canon cameras incorporate lenses designed and manufactured by Canon - lenses based on over 60 years of experience for outstanding results. Canon’s market-leading Optical Image Stabiliser is a lens-shift system that automatically detects and corrects camera shake, whilst ensuring outstanding image quality. It allows handheld shooting at longer focal lengths and in lower light conditions without blur, giving you steady, crisp, brilliant images you’ll be proud to shoot and share. Developed initially for Canon’s EOS Digital SLR cameras in 1987 it is the fastest in-lens image stabiliser available on the market and ensures the PowerShot range has a top quality pedigree.

The massive 20 x optical zoom lens on the PowerShot SX20 IS lets you get up close and personal, whether you are shooting landscapes or a child’s smile - straight optical paths delivering razor-sharp precision with lifelike colour every time. USM (UltraSonicMotor) and VCM (Voice Coil Motor) technology ensures fast, silent, focusing and zooming.

Meanwhile a resolution of 12.1 Megapixels allows you to capture every scene in rich detail, ensuring oversize prints – even of cropped pictures - retain high image quality.

Face Detection technology locates faces and automatically adjusts for natural skin tones. Click here for a larger image

Fast, intelligent processing even in tricky lighting conditions
Canon’s most advanced image processor, DIGIC 4, lies at the heart of every Canon digital camera and delivers exceptional processing speeds, responsive operation and advanced noise reduction. It also makes possible intelligent evolved Face and Object Detection technology, which finds and tracks moving subjects until you’re ready to shoot, adjusting the camera settings for optimal results. Faces will have natural-looking skin tones and additional Blink Detection lets you avoid the disappointment of mis-timed people shots by displaying a 3 second warning if a person in the frame has their eyes closed. Red eye correction is also an integral feature to ensure flawless photos.

A Face Detection Self-Timer also makes group photos and self-portraits easy. Once the shot has been set up, the camera records the number of faces detected in the frame when the shutter is depressed and the self timer started – it then waits for an extra face to get in the frame and adjusts focus and exposure before it takes the picture.

DIGIC 4 also makes possible Canon’s i-Contrast feature, which offers improved contrast and greater detail in tricky lighting conditions. Available in either shooting or playback mode, i-Contrast analyses the exposure, dynamic range and other image characteristics of a shot then adaptively increases the gain in dark areas to produce heightened detail in those regions. It does this without blowing out correctly exposed parts of the im