Canon PowerShot SX520 HS With 42x Optical Zoom


Canon on Tuesday announced the launch of a new camera in the SX series - PowerShot SX520 HS - an upgrade to the PowerShot SX510 HS. The super-zoom camera will be available exclusively via Amazon India website for Rs. 17,995. The 16-megapixel camera has a 24-1008mm (35mm equivalent), long 42x optical zoom lens, which is extendable to 84x with Canon's ZoomPlus Technology. A 168x Combined Zoom option is also available.

The camera uses a 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor and Canon's proprietary Digic 4+ image processor, which the company claims captures improved still images apart from enabling full-HD 1080p video recording capabilities. The lens on the Canon SX520 HS has a sensitivity of ISO 3200, which can be boosted to ISO 6400 in low-light mode. It has a 3-inch TFT LCD with a 461,000 dots resolution. At its widest, the camera has a focal length of f/3.4 and at the telephoto end of things it can touch f/6.0.

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