Designed for today’s smartphone generation, the PowerShot N provides a new dimension in shooting and sharing. This totally unique, super-compact camera is so small and sleek that you can literally take it anywhere, like your smartphone. But, unlike your smartphone, it offers a host of impressive features that produce stunning results.

Starting with a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5 image processor, the PowerShot N produces stunning image quality. An 8x optical zoom with 28mm wide-angle lens provides brilliant results from close up to far away. Its Creative Shot mode allows for artistic image capture, automatically creating an additional five unique images with every shot. You can even record 1080p Full HD video with a dedicated movie button. But it’s the PowerShot N’s built-in Wi-Fi and Mobile Device Connect Button that allows you to wirelessly share all of your images to social networking sites through your smartphone, PC or through Canon iMAGE GATEWAY.

The PowerShot N consists mainly of a 2.8" tilt-type capacitive touch screen and 8x optical zoom lens with intuitively operated shutter and zoom rings. It also features Intelligent IS with six different modes to optimize image stabilization for different shooting conditions for reduced camera shake and sharper images.

From the Manufacturer

The new PowerShot N opens up a new dimension of photographic expression, helping you express your personal style and flair with powerful innovative Canon technologies. The PowerShot N features an entirely new design, sporting a functional sleek shape. Shutter and zoom rings enable quick, intuitive operation, and a new 2.8-inch tilt-type capacitive touch screen offers amazing photographic flexibility; shoot diagonally, horizontally, from low angles or high for versatile expression. The camera features a new Creative Shot mode for artistic image capture, automatically creating an additional five unique images every time you take a shot. The 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5 Image Processor create the Canon HS SYSTEM for stunning image quality and low-light performance, ensuring every photo is a powerful statement. An 8x Optical Zoom with 28mm Wide-Angle lens captures brilliant images with grandeur, from up close or far away. Record 1080p Full HD video when you want to express yourself with moving images, and know that the enhanced built-in Wi-Fi of the PowerShot N makes sharing easier than ever. A convenient Mobile Device Connect Button also brings powerful new sharing capabilities with smartphone connectivity. Express your creative style with the PowerShot N and share with the world, all with a simple touch!

Features:

• Built-in Wi-Fi allows you to wirelessly transfer your images to social networking sites through Canon Image Gateway to a PC or upload virtually anywhere on your iOS or AndroidTM device with the free download of the Canon CameraWindow app.
• The convenient Mobile Device Connect Button allows you to connect to your AndroidTM or iOS device for quick and easy sharing.
• New Creative Shot mode uses composition, color and lighting from your original image to create five unique images with an artistic flair.
• Newly designed 2.8-inch capacitive, tilt, touch panel LCD; lens shutter; and zoom ring offer users a unique and creative way to capture photos.
• 8x Optical Zoom and 28mm Wide-Angle lens with Optical Image Stabilizer reduces camera shake so you achieve brilliant images.
• 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor combined with a DIGIC 5 Image Processor creates the Canon HS SYSTEM for improved low-light performance up to ISO 6400 and enhanced image quality.
• Capture stunning 1080p Full HD video with a dedicated movie button, plus zoom while shooting.
• Intelligent IS automatically chooses from six different modes to optimize image stabilization for the shooting condition.

Type: Compact digital camera with built-in flash, 8x Optical, 4x Digital, and 32x Combined Zoom

Type: 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS

Total Pixels: Approx. 12.8 Megapixels

Effective Pixels: Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Focal Length: 5.0 (W) - 40.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) - 224 (T) mm)

Digital Zoom: 4x

Focusing Range: Normal: 0.4 in. (1cm) - infinity (W), 3.3 ft. (1m) - infinity (T)

Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus

Optical Viewfinder: N/A

LCD Monitor: 2.8-inch TFT Color Tilt Capacitive Touch LCD (up to 90°)

LCD Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots

LCD Coverage: Approx. 100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture: f/3.0 (W) - f/5.9 (T)

Shutter Speed: 1 - 1/2000 sec.; 15 - 1/2000 sec. (Total shutter speed range)

Exposure Control

Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600/3200/6400 (in P mode)

Light Metering Method: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot

Exposure Control Method: N/A

Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3 stop increments (Not available when shooting movies)

White Balance Control: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H

Built-in Flash: Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off

Flash Range: 1.6 - TBA (W), 50cm - TBA (W)
- 10 - 50 cm when the scene is detected as Macro.
- The telephoto focusing range is beyond the flash metering range.

Recycling Time: 10 seconds or less (battery voltage: 3.7 V)

Flash Exposure Compensation: N/A

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes: Auto, Hybrid Auto, P, Creative Shot, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Slow Motion Movie

- Shooting movies is possible with the movie button in a still image mode*.

* Modes that inherit the image effects available in still image shooting (in other modes, movies equivalent to those captured in P mode are produced): P, Auto, Miniature Effect and Monochrome

Photo Effects: N/A

Self Timer: Approx. 10-sec. delay, approx. 2-sec. delay

Wireless Control: N/A

Continuous Shooting: Approx. 2.3 shots/sec. (in P mode)

Storage Media: microSD Memory Card, microSDHC Memory Card, microSDXC Memory Card

File Format: Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compatible

JPEG Compression Mode:

Still Images: Exif 2.3 (JPEG)
Movies: MOV (Image data: H.264; Audio data: Linear PCM (2 channel monoaural))

Number of Recording Pixels:
Still Images:
1) 16:9 - Large: 4000 x 2248; Medium 1: 2816 x 1584; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360
2) 3:2 - Large: 4000 x 2664; Medium 1: 2816 x 1880; Medium 2: 1600 x 1064; Small: 640 x 424
3) 4:3 - Large: 4000 x 3000; Medium 1: 2816 x 2112; Medium 2: 1600 x 1200; Small: 640 x 480
4) 1:1 - Large: 2992 x 2992; Medium 1: 2112 x 2112; Medium 2: 1200 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480

Movies:
[Digest Movie]
1280 x 720 (30 fps)
[Super Slow Motion Movie]
640 x 480*1 (120 fps)/320 x 240 (240 fps)
[Miniature Effect]
1280 x 720*2 / 640 x 480

[Other than the above]
1920 x 1080 (24 fps) / 1280 x 720 (30 fps) / 640 x 480 (30 fps)

Playback Modes File
Still Images and Movies: Auto Rotate, Rotate, Search (Date, Movies, Still Images)

Still Images: Single, Index (4-100 Thumbnails), Magnification (Approx. 2x-10x), Information Display, Overexposure Warning, Resume Playback, Red-Eye Correction, Photobook Set-up

Movies: Normal Playback, Pause, Skip Backward, Previous Frame, Next Frame, Skip Forward

Erase Modes: Single Image, Erase All

Computer Interface: Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video

Video Out: N/A

Audio Out: N/A

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: Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery NB-9L

Shooting Capacity
Normal: Approx. 200 shots
ECO Mode: Approx. 280 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): 3.09 x 2.37 x 1.15 in. / 78.6 x 60.2 x 29.3mm

Weight: Approx. 6.14 oz. / 174g (Body only); Approx. 6.88 oz. / 195g (CIPA Standard)