Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Professional Images and Fast Performance in one camera.
- Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity with NFC allows wireless transferring of images and video
- 16.1 megapixel 1/2.3-inch high-sensitivity CMOS sensor combined with DIGIC 6 image processor (Canon HS SYSTEM)
- 65x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom and 260x combined zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
- Bright 3-inch vari-angle LCD plus an electronic viewfinder
- Capture stunning 1080p HD video in MP4 format with a dedicated movie button and zoom while shooting
The PowerShot SX60 HS camera employs a 16.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor. Utilizing a sophisticated light-capturing design, it provides high sensitivity for improved high ISO capture with reduced noise. It is also a high-speed design, capable of rapidly capturing and moving image data to the processor, enabling faster continuous shooting and faster autofocus. The camera is equipped with the DIGIC 6 Image Processor, which makes several important advancements to image quality both in stills and video. Improved light sensitivity allows for higher resolution with less noise when shooting in dark conditions, and Dynamic IS now detects and compensates for tilt and parallel movement (shift blur) to create video that’s exceptionally free of distortion. The DIGIC 6 Image Processor also enhances the performance capabilities, powering full resolution high-speed continuous stills shooting.
With the Canon HS SYSTEM, you’ll experience excellent tracking performance even in low light, and achieve gorgeous still image quality even at high ISO speeds all the way up to ISO 3200; beautiful low-light shots are possible with minimal noise and maximum detail in highlight and shadow areas. The Canon HS SYSTEM lets you use higher shutter speeds to capture clearer images with reduced noise and blur in a variety of situations for incredible photos, even when shooting video.
The camera’s astonishing 65x Optical Zoom (21mm-1365mm) Wide-Angle Lens with Optical Image Stabilizer combines tremendous flexibility with portable ease. Capture close-ups, wide shots and everything in between with beautiful quality thanks to a 16.1 Megapixel* High-Sensitivity CMOS Sensor and Canon’s latest DIGIC 6 Image Processor that together create the Canon HS SYSTEM for excellent low-light performance.
Advanced technology including Zoom Framing Assist and Intelligent IS help you track and capture clear, steady long shots. Shoot realistic 1080p Full HD video recorded at 60p. USM and VCM technology help ensure fast, silent zooming and focus during recording, and, in a first for a PowerShot model, you can attach an optional external microphone. And quickly share everything you capture: the PowerShot SX60 HS is Wi-Fi®**- and NFC-enabled*** with an easy Mobile Device Connect button.
Serious Video and Audio Capability.
With the PowerShot SX60 HS camera, you’ll preserve memories and creative film clips in beautifully realistic 1080p Full HD Video at 60 frames per second. Simply press the dedicated Movie button to begin recording. And now for the first time on a PowerShot model, a new input allows you to attach an optional external microphone (3.5mm diameter) for serious audio recording to match the high-quality video you’ll capture.
The camera’s powerful zoom is equipped with Canon’s precision-engineered Ultrasonic Motor (USM) and Voice Coil Motor (VCM) for fast, silent zooming and focus that won’t interfere with audio capture.
Simply Tap to Connect.
The PowerShot SX60 HS camera supports NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, eliminating the need to manually find and open the Canon CameraWindow app# on your mobile device.
Simply touch the NFC icon on your camera to your compatible Android™ device##, and the CameraWindow app will launch automatically for quick, easy sharing of your images.
Built-in NFC technology also makes it simpler to install the app.
Optimal Image Stabilization in Any Situation.
The PowerShot SX60 HS camera is equipped with Canon’s innovative Intelligent IS
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 65x Optical, 4x Digital and 260x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
. The system automatically analyzes camera movement and applies the best shake correction method for the shooting situation allowing you to focus on framing and capturing your shot. For stills, the system selects from Normal IS, Panning IS, Macro (Hybrid) IS and Tripod modes. When shooting video, the system selects from Dynamic IS, Powered IS, Macro (Hybrid) IS and Active Tripod IS modes.
Type:
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 65x Optical, 4x Digital and 260x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
The Canon PowerShot SX60 HS is the ‘safe bet’ in the superzoom category. It offers good image quality, a fully articulating LCD, more than enough zoom power, and a solid feature set that includes Raw support, advanced video functionality, and a hot shoe.
What’s Included?
PowerShot SX60 HS Kit Contents
- PowerShot SX60 HS Digital Camera
- Lens Cap (with Strap)
- Battery Pack NB-10L
- Battery Charger CB-2LC
- Neck Strap NS-DC11
Image Capture Device
Type
16.0 Megapixel*, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
*Image processing may cause a decrease in the number of pixels
Total Pixels
Approx. 16.8 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Approx. 16.1 Megapixels
Lens
Focal Length
3.8 (W) – 247.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 21-1365mm)
Digital Zoom
4.0x
Focusing Range
0.0 in (0 cm) – infinity (W), 5.9 ft. (1.8 m) – infinity (T)
Macro 0.0 in. (0 cm) – 1.6 ft. (50 cm) (W)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus (Continuous, Servo AF), Manual Focus
Viewfinders
Optical Viewfinder
Electronic Viewfinder (Approx. 922,000 dots)
LCD Monitor
3.0-inch Color Vari-angle LCD with wide viewing angle
LCD Pixels
Approx. 922,000 dots
LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%
Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
f/3.4 (W), f/6.5 (T)
Shutter Speed
1-1/2000 sec.
15-1/2000 sec. (in Tv and M modes)
Exposure Control
Sensitivity
Auto*, ISO 100/125/160/200/250/320/400/500/640/800/1000/1250/1600/2000/2500/3200
(When in P mode)/6400 (When in Low Light mode)
*Optimal ISO speed is automatically set depending on the shooting mode
Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
*1 Facial brightness is evaluated (Face Detect AE) in Face Detect.
*2 Fixed to Center, linked to AF frame
Exposure Control Method
Manual Exposure, Program Shift, Safety Shift, AE Lock
Exposure Compensation
Still Images: ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Videos: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (not available during shooting)
White Balance
White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom 1, Custom 2, Multi-area White Balance, White Balance Correction
Flash
Built-in Flash
Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off
- Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.
Flash Range
1.6 ft. (50 cm) – 18 ft. (5.5 m) (W), 5.9 ft. (1.8 m) – 9.8 ft. (3.0 m) (T)
Recycling Time
10 sec. or less (Battery voltage: 3.7 V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes
C1, C2, M, Av, Tv, P, Hybrid Auto, Auto, Creative Shot, Sports, SCN*1, Creative Filters*2, Movie*3
*1 Portrait, Smart Shutter*4, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Snow, Fireworks
*2 High Dynamic Range, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect
*3 Standard, Manual (Movie), iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie
*4 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer
Photo Effects
My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, 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*
*Delay time (0-15 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
Not Available
Continuous Shooting
- Normal: Approx. 6.4* shots/sec. (in AUTO & P mode)
- AF: Approx. 3.8* shots/sec. (in P mode)
- LV: Approx. 4.6* shots/sec. (in P mode)
- Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically.
- Differs depending on the zoom position.
*Using an 8 GB, UHS-I compatible memory card that meets Canon’s testing standards. The number of shots changes depending on subjects, brands of memory cards, etc. Shooting in RAW (including RAW+JPEG) is excluded.
Image Storage
Storage Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC and UHS-I Memory Cards
File Format
Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
Image Recording Format
Superfine / Fine
JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG), RAW (12 bit, CR2 (Canon Original))
Video: MP4 (Image: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (Stereo))
Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:
1) 16:9 – Large: 4608 x 2592; Medium 1: 3264 x 1832; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360
2) 3:2 – Large: 4608 x 3072; Medium 1: 3264 x 2176; Medium 2: 2048 x 1368; Small: 640 x 424
3) 4:3 – Large: 4608 x 3456; Medium 1: 3264 x 2448; Medium 2: 2048 x 1536; Small: 640 x 480
4) 1:1 – Large: 3456 x 3456; Medium 1: 2448 x 2448; Medium 2: 1536 x 1536; Small: 480 x 480
5) 4:5 – Large: 2768 x 3456; Medium 1: 1952 x 2448; Medium 2: 1232 x 1536; Small: 384 x 480
Videos:
Full HD 1920 x 1080: 60 fps*3 / 30 fps*2
Full HD iFrame Movie HD 1920 x 1080: 30 fps*2
HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps*2
640 x 480: 30 fps*2
Super Slow Motion Movie 640 x 480: 120 fps*1
Super Slow Motion Movie 320 x 240: 240 fps*1
Miniature Effect for Movie 1280 x 720: 6 fps*1 / 3 fps*1 / 1.5 fps*1
Miniature Effect for Movie: 640 x 480: 6 fps*1 / 3 fps*1 / 1.5 fps*1
Digest Movie: 1280 x 720: 30fps*2
*1 Playback frame rate is 30 fps*2.
*2 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps.
*3 Actual frame rate is 59.94 fps.
Number of Recordable Images
Image data
| 16:9 | 3:2 | ||||||
| File Size (KB) | 8 GB | 32 GB | File Size (KB) | 8 GB | 32 GB | ||
| Large (L) | SF | 5,788 | 1,349 | 5,446 | 6,654 | 1,174 | 4,742 |
| F | 3,673 | 2,116 | 8,545 | 4,148 | 1,874 | 7,567 | |
| Medium 1 (M1) | SF | 3,199 | 2,431 | 9,814 | 3,593 | 2,154 | 8,695 |
| F | 2,141 | 3,611 | 14,578 | 2,335 | 3,318 | 13,396 | |
| Medium 2 (M2) | SF | 1,095 | 6,822 | 27,537 | 1,440 | 5,339 | 21,550 |
| F | 604 | 12,280 | 49,567 | 793 | 9,446 | 38,128 | |
| Small (S) | SF | 188 | 35,089 | 141,622 | 221 | 30,703 | 123,919 |
| F | 113 | 49,125 | 198,271 | 133 | 40,937 | 165,225 | |
| Medium* (M) | F | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| RAW | RAW | 24,764 | 316 | 1,278 | 24,670 | 317 | 1,283 |
| 4:3 | 1:1 | ||||||
| File Size (KB) | 8 GB | 32 GB | File Size (KB) | 8 GB | 32 GB | ||
| Large (L) | SF | 7,365 | 1,058 | 4,272 | 5,524 | 1,411 | 5,696 |
| F | 4,546 | 1,705 | 6,883 | 3,409 | 2,273 | 9,178 | |
| Medium 1 (M1) | SF | 3,889 | 1,996 | 8,059 | 2,941 | 2,640 | 10,659 |
| F | 2,513 | 3,069 | 12,391 | 1,880 | 4,093 | 16,522 | |
| Medium 2 (M2) | SF | 1,602 | 4,723 | 19,064 | 1,213 | 6,297 | 25,418 |
| F | 893 | 8,469 | 34,184 | 668 | 11,164 | 45,061 | |
| Small (S) | SF | 249 | 27,291 | 110,150 | 188 | 35,089 | 141,622 |
| F | 150 | 40,937 | 165,225 | 113 | 49,125 | 198,271 | |
| Medium* (M) | F | 1,597 | 4,815 | 19,437 | NA | NA | NA |
| RAW | RAW | 24,613 | 317 | 1,284 | 24,500 | 319 | 1,291 |
| 4:5 | ||||
| File Size (KB) | 8 GB | 32 GB | ||
| Large (L) | SF | 4,424 | 1,753 | 7,080 |
| F | 2,730 | 2,822 | 11,394 | |
| Medium 1 (M1) | SF | 2,346 | 3,274 | 13,217 |
| F | 1,500 | 5,116 | 20,652 | |
| Medium 2 (M2) | SF | 973 | 7,675 | 30,979 |
| F | 536 | 13,645 | 55,074 | |
| Small (S) | SF | 150 | 40,937 | 165,225 |
| F | 90 | 61,406 | 247,838 | |
| Medium* (M) | F | NA | NA | NA |
| RAW | RAW | 24,432 | 320 | 1,295 |
Note: SF=Superfine F=Fine
*When in Low Light.
• The approximate number of images recordable on memory cards other than the above can be calculated by using the above figures as a reference and extrapolating accordingly.
Time of Recordable Movies
Movie data
| iFrame Movie | Miniature Effect | Super Slow Motion Movie | |||||||
| HD: 1920 x 1080 | HD: 1280 x 720 | 640 x 480 | 640 x 480 | 320 x 240 | |||||
| 30 fps*2 | 5x | 10x | 20x | 5x | 10x | 20x | 120 fps*1 | 240 fps*1 | |
| 6 fps*1 | 3 fps*1 | 1.5 fps*1 | 6 fps*1 | 3 fps*1 | 1.5*1 fps | ||||
| Movie Size (KB/sec.) | 4,898 | 195 | 98 | 49 | 73 | 37 | 18 | 1,465 | 976 |
| 8GB | 26 min. 22 sec. | 10 hrs. 42 min. 58 sec. | 20 hrs. 34 min. 24 sec. | 38 hrs. 15 min. 35 sec. | 26 hrs. 45 min. 37 sec. | 48 hrs. 27 min. 58 sec. | 82 hrs. 18 min. 04 sec. | 1 hr. 27 min. 00 sec. | 2 hr. 07 min. 47 sec. |
| 32GB | 1 hr. 46 min. 33 sec. | 43 hrs. 17 min. 23 sec. | 83 hrs. 06 min. 30 sec. | 154 hrs. 33 min. 09 sec. | 108 hrs. 05 min. 38 sec. | 195 hrs. 46 min. 14 sec. | 332 hrs. 26 min. 26 sec. | 5 hr. 51 min. 26 sec. | 8 hr. 36 min. 11 sec. |
| Other | |||||
| Full HD: 1920 x 1080 | HD: 1280 x 720 | 640 x 480 | |||
| 60 fps*3 | 30 fps*2 | 30 fps*2 | 30 fps*2 | ||
| Movie size (KB/sec.) | 4,288 | 2,945 | 992 | 382 | |
| 8GB | 30 min. 03 sec. | 43 min. 29 sec. | 2 hrs. 03 min. 55 sec. | 5 hrs. 14 min. 34 sec. | |
| 32GB | 2 hrs. 01 min. 27 sec. | 2 hrs. 55 min. 43 sec. | 8 hrs. 20 min. 32 sec. | 21 hrs. 10 min. 38 sec. | |
*1 Playback frame rate is 30 fps*2.
*2 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps.
*3 Actual frame rate is 59.94 fps.
Playback Specifications
Playback Modes File
Stills & Videos:
Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Index Continuous Display, Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition Effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Movie Digest, Slideshow (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)
Still Images:
Single, Index, Magnification (2-10x), Switch to other images while zoomed, Information Display, Red-eye Correction, Photobook Setup, Cropping, Resize, My Colors, Face ID info, Histogram, RGB Histogram, Location Information, Overexposure Warning
Videos:
Normal Playback*1, Pause, Slow Motion, Skip Backward*2, Previous Frame*3, Next Frame*3, Skip Forward*2, Erase chapters, Editing, Movie Transcoding
Using the software included with the camera (ImageBrowser EX), there are 8 levels (1/8x to 1x) of playback speed for Super Slow Motion Movies possible on a computer.
Erasing Specifications
Erase Modes
Select Image, Select Range, Select All 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, sections of the movie can be deleted.
- RAW+JPEG images can be erased individually.
Interfaces
Video Out
Analog: NTSC or PAL, Digital: HDMI (HDMI™ mini connector)
Audio Out
Stereo
Other
SD memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers.
External Microphone input terminal (φ3.5mm stereo mini jack)
Power Source
Battery Pack NB-10L, AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC80
Shooting Capacity
Approx. 340 shots when using LCD monitor
Approx. 450 shots when using ECO mode
Playback Time
Approx. 6 hours
Physical Specifications
Operating Temperature
32-104°F/0-40°C
Operating Humidity
10-90%
Dimensions (W x H x D)
5.02 x 3.65 x 4.50 in. / 127.6 x 92.6 x 114.3 mm
Weight
1.43 lb. / 650 g (CIPA standard)
1.34 lb. / 607 g (camera only)
Note: 30 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, Hindi, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese). 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.
