Canon PowerShot

PowerShot is a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996. The first model, the PowerShot 600, came shortly after Canon released and subsequently discontinued its SV series in 1992, marking the move to digital cameras. The PowerShot line has been successful for Canon, and is one of the best-selling digital camera lines worldwide. The PowerShot was sold to the general public as a compact and easy-to-use digital camera. 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. 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. Canon offered to repair affected cameras free of charge.