Powershot SX280 - any more news?

[Don Haines]

Canon PowerShot SX280 HS Coming Shortly

Found the Specs on the Canon Canada page - http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=24255#_030

Specifications
12.1Mpixels
25-500mm equivalent lens, f3.5-6.8
ISO 80-6400
shutter of 1 - 1/3200 second
3" monitor with 461K pixels
DIGIC 6
WiFi
GPS


does not record in RAW
many video modes of interest, 1920 at 60 and 30 fps, 1280 at 30,6,3, and 1.5fps, 640 at 120, 30, 6, 3, and 1.5fps, and 320 at 240fps.
has a Manual mode

 

[John Thomas]

Is already released together with SX270.

...but Craig missed this one:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/03/21/Canon-announces-SX270-HS-20x-superzoom-and-SX280-HS-with-GPS-and-Wi-Fi

Interesting specs:

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.

Continuous Shooting
1) Normal: Approx. 3.8 shots/sec. (in P mode)
Approx. 14.0 shots/sec.* (in High-Speed Burst HQ)

2) AF: Approx. 1.0 shots/sec. (in P mode)
Approx. 5.1 shots/sec.* (in High-Speed Burst HQ)

- Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically
- Differs depending on the zoom position.
* The maximum continuous capture is 7 frames.


...also it says that it works till 6400 ISO - but I wonder with which noise...