Canon PowerShot

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The PowerShot products are a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1995. The PowerShot line has been successful for Canon, and is one of the best-selling digital camera lines worldwide.[1]

According to Slashdot, freeware from the CHDK project allows nearly complete programmatic control of PowerShot cameras, enabling users to add features, up to and including BASIC scripting.[2]

It is also possible to use the Powershot range of digital cameras as CCTV cameras. See http://www.AMW1.com

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Front view of Canon PowerShot A720 IS, shot by itself in front of a mirror
Front view of Canon PowerShot A720 IS, shot by itself in front of a mirror

Current

  • A series: "Easy and Fun" budget cameras ranging from point-and-shoot to prosumer cameras
  • S/SX series: ultra-zoom cameras
  • G series: flagship cameras with near dSLR functionality
  • TX series: hybrid camera/camcorders
  • S/SD series (also known as PowerShot Digital ELPH): "Performance and Style" ultracompact point-and-shoot cameras

Discontinued

  • Pro series: professional-level cameras slotting right beneath Canon's dSLRs
  • S series: originally a series of compact point-and-shoot cameras, later a series of prosumer cameras slotting beneath the G series

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  1. ^ It is for example by far the most-used camera on Flickr (see http://www.flickr.com/cameras/).
  2. ^ Slashdot, Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras, Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 06, @04:56PM, from the now-don't-brick-it dept.

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