Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
Incredibly thin compact camera with 20x optical zoom
The PowerShot SX260 HS is the perfect travel companion with a huge 20x Optical Zoom, 25mm wide angle lens and GPS technology. The camera will remember where you have been with the log function and display using Google Maps*. The PowerShot SX260 HS also offers versatile shooting in a slim body with a 12.1 Megapixel High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor perfect for low light situations and Full High Definition video.
High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor
12.1 Megapixel High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor allows you to capture amazing
Optical Zoom Wide-Angle Lens
20x Optical Zoom and 25mm wide-angle lens allows you to get closer whilst shoot
GPS Technology
Perfect for travelling, log all your photos and display with Google maps.
DiG!C 5 Image Processor
DiG!C 5 Image Processor achieves the most natural looking images with
Intelligent Image Stabilisation
The camera will automatically choose the correct image stabilisation to use in different shooting situations.
Manual Control
Get creative with your photography and enjoy full flexibility with manual control or explore a range of scene modes.
The PowerShot SX260 HS is the perfect travel companion with a huge 20x Optical Zoom, 25mm wide angle lens and GPS technology. The camera will remember where you have been with the log function and display using Google Maps*. The PowerShot SX260 HS also offers versatile shooting in a slim body with a 12.1 Megapixel High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor perfect for low light situations and Full High Definition video.
High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor
12.1 Megapixel High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor allows you to capture amazing
Optical Zoom Wide-Angle Lens
20x Optical Zoom and 25mm wide-angle lens allows you to get closer whilst shoot
GPS Technology
Perfect for travelling, log all your photos and display with Google maps.
DiG!C 5 Image Processor
DiG!C 5 Image Processor achieves the most natural looking images with
Intelligent Image Stabilisation
The camera will automatically choose the correct image stabilisation to use in different shooting situations.
Manual Control
Get creative with your photography and enjoy full flexibility with manual control or explore a range of scene modes.
Storage
- Compatible memory cards
- MicroDrive, MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC
Memory
- Memory slots
- 1
Video
- Maximum video resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Full HD
- Y
- Video formats supported
- H.264, MOV
- Video resolutions
- 320 x 240, 640 x 480, 1280 x 720, 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Motion JPEG frame rate
- 24 fps
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Red
- Weight
- 208g
- Self-timer
- 2, 10s
- Light exposure control
- Program AE
- Built-in flash
- Y
- GPS
- Y
Ports & interfaces
- PictBridge
- Y
- HDMI
- N
- USB version
- 2.0
- USB connector type
- Mini-USB B
Power
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Battery type
- NB-6L
- Battery voltage
- 3.4V
Display
- Display
- LCD
- Display resolution (numeric)
- 461000 pixels
- Second display
- N
- Touch screen
- N
Technical details
- Display diagonal
- 7.62 cm (3")
Audio
- Built-in microphone
- Y
- Voice recording
- Y
Lens system
- Optical zoom
- 20x
- Digital zoom
- 4x
- Focal length range (f-f)
- 4.5 - 90 mm
- Minimum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 2 cm
- Maximum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 50 cm
- Combined zoom
- 80x
Camera
- Camera type
- Compact camera
- White balance
- Auto, Cloudy, Custom modes, Daylight, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Tungsten
- Photo effects
- Black&White, Neutral, Sepia
Focusing
- Auto focusing (AF) modes
- Continuous Auto Focus, Face detection, Servo Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus, Tracking Auto Focus
- Focus
- TTL
- Focus adjustment
- Auto/Manual
- Macro focusing range (wide)
- 0.05 - 0.5m
- Normal focusing range
- 0.05 - ∞/1 - ∞
Light exposure
- ISO sensitivity
- 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, Auto
- Light exposure correction
- ± 2EV (1/2EV step)
- ISO sensitivity (max)
- 3200
- ISO sensitivity (min)
- 100
Flash
- Flash modes
- Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
- External flash connector
- Y
- Flash exposure lock
- Y
- Flash range (tele)
- 1 - 2m
- Flash range (wide)
- 0.5 - 3.5m
Shutter
- Fastest camera shutter speed
- 1/3200s
- Slowest camera shutter speed
- 15s
System requirements
- Windows operating systems supported
- Y
- Mac operating systems supported
- Y
Operational conditions
- Operating temperature (T-T)
- 0 - 40 °C
- Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- 10 - 90%
Battery
- Power source type
- Battery
- Battery capacity
- 1000 mAh
- Battery life (CIPA standard)
- 230 shots
Picture quality
- Megapixel
- 12.1 MP
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Image sensor size
- 25.4/58.4 mm (1/2.3")
- Maximum image resolution
- 4000 x 3000 pixels
- Image stabilizer
- Y
- Still image resolution(s)
- 480 x 480, 640 x 360, 640 x 424, 640 x 480, 1200 x 1200, 1600 x 1064, 1600 x 1200, 1920 x 1280, 2112 x 2112, 2816 x 1584, 2816 x 1880, 2816 x 2112, 2992 x 2992, 4000 x 2248, 4000 x 2664, 4000 x 3000
- Image formats supported
- JPEG XR
- Supported aspect ratios
- 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 10.63 cm
- Depth
- 3.27 cm
- Height
- 6.1 cm
- Weight (including battery)
- 231g
