Canon Inexpensive large Aperture F2.0 ELPH500 Compact Digital Camera

Introduction

I compile the information of Canon ELPH 500 based on information from  the web for reference.  This large aperture (F2.0) compact digital camera includes the features of:

• Canon's HS SYSTEM with a 12.1 Megapixel CMOS and DIGIC 4 Image Processor improves shooting in low-light situations without the need for a flash and lowers noise levels at higher ISO settings.
• Full 1080p HD Video for exceptional quality with stereo sound, plus a dedicated movie button for easy access. Zoom optically while shooting video and keep footage stabilized with Dynamic IS.
• A large 3.2-inch touch panel LCD offers easy and intuitive operation.
• A bright f/2.0 lens, 24mm ultra Wide-Angle lens, great for shooting portrait photography in low light conditions or using a shallow depth-of-field for great images with beautiful soft backgrounds.
• Get high-speed shooting in a point-and-shoot camera: High-speed Burst Mode captures 8.2fps and Super Slow Motion Movie records video at high speeds to allow slow motion playback.
• 4.4x Optical Zoom Lens and Optical Image Stabilizer.
• Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 32 predefined shooting situations.
• Aperture- and Shutter-priority modes for extra control of your images.
• Movie Digest Mode records a short video clip right before shooting a still image and then combines one day's worth of clips into one video.
• New scene modes, Toy Camera Effect and Monochrome, add an artistic look to your photos.

Canon ELPH 500 Digital Camera - Front

Canon ELPH500 Digital Camera - Back

 

Canon ELPH 500 Hands ON

Compare with Canon S100 

 
Sample Video

 

Smart Auto Demonstration

 

 

Canon ELPH 500 Sample Picture (Source: Canon)

 

Canon ELPH500 Sample Picture 1

Canon ELPH 500 Review (Source: CNET)

3.5 stars out of 5

The good: The Canon PowerShot Elph 500 HS has a nice f2.0 ultrawide-angle lens, excellent photo quality for its class and a nice mix of shooting modes.

The bad: The 500 HS's touch interface is potentially frustrating and its shooting performance is a little slow.

The bottom line: The touch-screen controls keep the Canon PowerShot Elph 500 HS from being a lower-cost PowerShot S95 alternative for enthusiasts, but its otherwise a very good ultracompact.

 

Features and Specifications:

Type

Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4.4x Optical Zoom & 4x Digital & 18x Combined Zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer

Image Capture Device

Type
12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
Total Pixels
Approx. 12.8 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Lens

Focal Length
4.3 (W) - 18.8mm (T) (35 mm film equivalent: 24 (W) - 105mm (T))
Digital Zoom
Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 18x in combination with the optical zoom)
Focusing Range
Normal AF: 2.0 in. (5cm) - infinity (W); 1.3 ft (40 cm) - infinity (T)

Macro AF: 1.2 in. - 1.6 ft (3-50cm) (W)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder
N/A
LCD Monitor
3.2-inch TFT LCD with wide viewing angle and Touch Panel Technology
LCD Pixels
Approx. 461,000 dots
LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture
f/2.0 (W) - f/5.8 (T)
Shutter Speed
1-1/1600sec.

15-1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity
Auto*, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600/3200

*Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.
Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center weighted average, Spot**

* Facial brightness is evaluated in Face AiAF.

** Fixed to center.
Exposure Control Method
AE Lock
Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance

White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

* Facial color is evaluated in Face AiAF

Flash

Built-in Flash
Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE Lock, Smart Flash
Flash Range
1.6 - 16 ft. (50cm-5.0m) (W), 1.6 - 6.6 ft. (50cm-2.0m) (T)

* Image brightness my diminish depending on the shooting distance
Recycling Time
10 sec. or less (battery voltage: 3.7 V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
N/A

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes
P, Auto¹, Av, Tv, Movie Digest, Portrait, Kids & Pets, Smart Shutter², High-speed Burst, Best Image Selection, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Creative Light Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Movie^3
1Smart Auto also available for videos

²Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer

³Standard, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie, Miniature Effect for Movies (Videos are recorded by pressing the movie button) Photo Effects
My colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin, Darker Skin, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color adjustment of contrast, sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone are available
Self Timer
Approx. 10-sec. delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom

Shooting start time (0 - 10 sec. (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 sec.) and number of shots (1 - 10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.
Wireless Control
N/A
Continuous Shooting
Approx. 3.4 shots/sec. (in P mode)

Approx. 8.2 shots/sec. (in High-speed Burst)

Image Storage

Storage Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card, Eye-Fi, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus card, HC MMCplus card
File Format
Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant
Image Recording Format
Normal, Fine
JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif 2.3 (JPEG)

Video: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (stereo))
Number of Recording Pixels
16:9

4000 x 2248 (Large), 2816 x 1584 (Medium 1), 1920 x 1080 (Medium 2), 640 x 360 (Small)
3:2

4000 x 2664 (Large), 2816 x 1880 (Medium 1), 1600 x 1064 (Medium 2), 640 X 424 (Small) 4:3

4000 x 3000 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 2), 640 x 480 (Small) 1:1

2992 x 2992 (Large), 2112 x 2112 (Medium 1), 1200 x 1200 (Medium 2), 480 x 480 (Small)

Number of Recordable Images

Image data

		16:9			3:2			4:3
		File Size (KB)	4 GB	16 GB	File Size (KB)	4 GB	16 GB	File Size (KB)	4 GB	16 GB
Large (L)	F	2,311	1,630	6,677	2,738	1,386	5,680	3,084	1,231	5,042
	N	1,105	3,352	13,727	1,309	2,873	11,766	1,474	2,514	10,295
Medium 1(M1)	F	1,210	3,094	12,671	1,436	2,623	10,743	1,620	2,320	9,503
	N	585	6,034	24,709	694	5,247	21,486	780	4,641	19,007
Medium 2(M2)	F	604	6,034	24,709	496	7,099	29,070	588	6,352	26,010
	N	300	10,972	44,927	246	13,410	54,911	278	12,069	49,420
Small (S)	F	113	24,139	98,840	133	20,116	82,367	150	20,116	82,367
	N	63	40,233	164,734	75	30,174	123,550	84	30,174	123,550
Medium* (M)	F	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	836	4,310	17,649
	N	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	418	8,046	32,946

		1:1
		File Size (KB)	4 GB	16 GB
Large (L)	F	2,301	1,652	6,769
	N	1,100	3,352	13,727
Medium 1 (M1)	F	1,210	3,094	12,671
	N	585	6,034	24,709
Medium 2 (M2)	F	420	8,046	32,946
	N	208	15,087	61,775
Small (S)	F	113	24,139	98,840
	N	63	40,233	164,734
Medium* (M)	F	NA	NA	NA
	N	NA	NA	NA

* When in High-Speed Burst, Best Image Selection or Low Light



Note: N=Normal F=Fine



Storage Capacity varies depending on camera settings. This data is estimated from Canon's standard shooting conditions. Figures for Movie Mode represent total capacity of the particular media.

Time of Recordable Movies

Movie data

	Standard
	Full HD: 1920 x 1080	HD: 1280 x 720	640 x 480	320 x 240
	24 fps	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Video Size (KB/sec.,)	4,355	3,054	1,416	495
4GB	14 min. 34 sec.	20 min. 43 sec.	43 min. 43 sec.	1 hr. 58 min. 19 sec.
16GB	59 min. 40 sec.	1 hr. 24 min. 54 sec.	2 hr. 59 min. 3 sec.	8 hr. 4 min. 30 sec.

	iFrame	Super Slow Motion Movie		Miniature Effect
	HD: 1280 x 720	640 x 480	320 x 240	HD: 1280 x 720			640 x 480
	30 fps	120 fps	240 fps	5x	10x	20x	5x	10x	20x
				6 fps	3 fps	1.5 fps	6 fps	3 fps	1.5 fps
Video Size (KB/sec.,)	4,701	4,914	2,457	537	287	143	246	123	61
4GB	13 min. 35 sec.	12 min. 58 sec.	25 min. 46 sec.	1 hr. 45 min. 52 sec.	3 hr. 21 min. 9 sec.	5 hr. 35 min. 16 sec.	3 hr. 43 min. 30 sec.	6 hr. 42 min. 20 sec.	11 hr. 10 min. 33 sec.
16GB	55 min. 38 sec.	53 min. 7 sec.	1 hr. 45 min. 35 sec.	7 hr. 13 min. 30 sec.	13 hr. 43 min. 40 sec.	22 hr. 52 min. 47 sec.	15 hr. 15 min. 11 sec.	27 hr. 27 min. 20 sec.	45 hr. 45 min. 35 sec.

Playback Specifications

Playback Modes File
- Stills & Images: Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Resume Playback, Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Smart Shuffle, Filtered Playback, Slide Show (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)

- Still Images: Single, Index (4-100 thumbnails), Magnification (2-10x), Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Trimming, Resize, My Colors, Focus Check, Histogram, Overexposure Warning

- Videos: Normal Playback*, Slow Motion**, Special Playback, Editing, Resume

* Auto settings available in 5 levels

** 5 levels (including normal playback), sound not available.

Erasing Specifications

Erase Modes
Select image, select range, all images (all filtered images)

- The image data in the memory card stored with the Design rule for Camera File systems format can be erased (however, protected images cannot be erased).

- Using the Movie editing function, beginning/end sections of the movie (1 sec. increments) can be deleted.

Interfaces

Computer Interface
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed USB (dedicated female connector with unified type of digital, audio and video) mini-B compatible.
Video Out
NTSC/PAL (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)

Mini-HDMI connector
Audio Out
Stereo (dedicated connector (female) unified type of digital, audio, and video)
Other
Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Inkjet Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-speed cable
Power Source
Battery Pack NB-6L, Compact Power Adapter CA-DC10 (when used with DC Couple DR-40)
Shooting Capacity
Approx. 180 shots
Playback Time
Approx. 4 hours

Physical Specifications

Operating Temperature
32-104°F/0-40°C
Operating Humidity
10-90%
Dimensions (W x H x D)
3.96 x 2.18 x 0.98 in / 100.6 x 55.4 x 25.0mm
Weight
6.53 oz. / 185g (including the battery and memory card)

5.82 oz. / 165g (camera body only)
Note: 26 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi). All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice. Canon, DIGIC, ELPH, PIXMA, and PowerShot and SELPHY are registered trademarks of Canon Inc. in the United States and may also be registered trademarks or trademarks in other countries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. All other products and brand names are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries.