Canon has introduced a brand new point-and-shoot compact digital camera known as the PowerShot V1 designed to attraction extra to video content material creators.
The V1 pairs a wide-angle lens with a brand new sensor from the corporate, and it’s the primary PowerShot mannequin to introduce “moods” that customise the appear and feel of movies, plus a product demo mode that prioritizes autofocus for objects held near the digital camera. It additionally has a built-in cooling fan so it may possibly file at 4K/60p for over two hours with out overheating.
The PowerShot V1 was introduced forward of the CP+ images present going down in Yokohama, Japan subsequent week. Canon has revealed particulars on a lot of the V1’s performance, however restricted particulars on availability. Canon’s Japan site lists the PowerShot V1 with a 148,500 yen price ticket, or round $990. It should launch in Japan, Korea, Honk Kong, China, and Taiwan in late April 2025, however wider availability, together with the US, continues to be to be decided. Extra particulars could also be introduced subsequent week.
The V1’s new Sort 1.4 sensor is comparable in measurement to a Micro 4 Thirds sensor, however incorporates a 3:2 facet ratio that’s barely wider and shorter. The digital camera can seize 22.3-megapixel nonetheless photographs at as much as 15fps with its mechanical shutter, or as much as 30fps with its digital one. When capturing 10-bit video at 4K/30p the whole width of the V1’s sensor is used, however when boosting that to 60p a 1.4x sensor crop is used to scale back processing wants and warmth era.
The brand new sensor is paired with a 16-50mm equal f/2.8-4.5 wide-angle zoom lens and Canon’s Twin Pixel AF II system borrowed from its EOS R6 Mark II. That provides the V1 autofocus options that embody topic monitoring, picture stabilization that helps keep that topic’s place in body, and the automated detection of individuals, automobiles, animals, and even pupils.
The V1 doesn’t have an digital viewfinder, so framing and menu navigation is dealt with solely by a three-inch vari-angle LCD touchscreen on the again. However it may be tethered to a smartphone utilizing a Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or USB-C reference to the Canon Join app, and it may be used as a USB webcam on a pc with out the necessity for any adapters.
There’s no built-in flash, however Canon features a multi-function scorching shoe for including third-party options. The PowerShot V1 additionally features a three-stop ND filter, a headphone and microphone hack, HDMI, and a single SD card slot.