01 January 2015

Antics Of An Egyptian Goose - Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demo

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration

Photos taken with (non-DSLR) Canon PowerShot SX40 HS - Av Mode: ISO 100, Aperture f/5.6 and Manfrotto Compact tripod.

Objective: Demonstrating the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS super-zoom's impressive optical and digital zoom capabilities (across the full zoom range) / and relative image quality.

Setting: Arnhem Milnerton, Cape Town

Please note: The photographs where uploaded without any other in-camera enhancements or software post-processing (except for crops).

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Lens / Optical Specifications
  • 35x Canon USM optical zoom lens with IS
  • Digital zoom: 4 x (140 x total zoom)
  • Aperture: f2/7 at wide angle to f/5.8 at telephoto
  • Wide-angle 24mm to 840mm (35mm equivalent)


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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Wide-Angle Focal Length: 6.4 mm / 35mm equivalent: 38 mm


Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Optical Zoom Focal Length : 28.8mm / 35mm equivalent: 168mm


Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Optical Super Zoom Focal Length: 150.5mm / 35mm equivalent: 1708mm


Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Digital Super Zoom Focal Length: 150.5mm / 35mm equiv: 2186mm


Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Super Zoom Demonstration
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Digital Super Zoom Focal Length: 150.5mm / 35mm equiv: 2732mm