Canon PowerShot

PowerShot is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996.

[2] In 1996 the first model was introduced to the market, the PowerShot 600, which came shortly after Canon released and subsequently discounted its SV series in 1992 and switched to digital cameras.

The PowerShot's success comes from its marketing to the general public as a compact and easy to use digital camera.

[3] Free software from the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) project allows nearly complete programmatic control of PowerShot cameras, enabling users to add features, up to and including BASIC and Lua scripting.

[4] In 2005, certain models of PowerShot A-series and S-series cameras were affected by third-party CCD sensors with a design flaw, which caused them to fail and display severely distorted images.