--- product_id: 422811756 title: "Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown" price: "AED 1" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/422811756-canon-elph-500-hs-b-brown store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Full HD 1080p Video 12.1MP CMOS Sensor 4.4x Optical Zoom Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown **Price:** AED 1 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“· Elevate your everyday moments with pro-level clarity and style! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - **How much does it cost?** AED 1 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/422811756-canon-elph-500-hs-b-brown) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Zoom Into the Moment:** 4.4x optical zoom lens captures distant details with razor-sharp clarity. - β€’ **Touch, Shoot, and Share:** Large 3.2-inch touchscreen LCD makes framing and navigating effortless. - β€’ **Capture Life’s Fastest Moments:** High-speed burst mode at 8.2fps and super slow-motion video for epic action replay. - β€’ **Crystal-Clear Shots in Any Light:** Canon’s HS SYSTEM with DIGIC 4 processor delivers stunning low-light photos without flash. - β€’ **Smooth, Steady Videos Every Time:** Dynamic Optical Image Stabilizer keeps your Full HD videos blur-free and professional. ## Overview The Canon ELPH 500 HS B is a compact, stylish digital camera featuring a 12.1MP CMOS sensor paired with DIGIC 4 processing for exceptional low-light performance. It offers Full HD 1080p video recording with stereo sound, a 4.4x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization, and a large 3.2-inch touchscreen for intuitive control. High-speed burst shooting and super slow-motion video modes let you capture fast action with ease, while Smart AUTO intelligently optimizes settings across 32 shooting scenarios. Lightweight and portable, it’s perfect for millennials who want professional-quality photos and videos on the go. ## Description From the Manufacturer Experience the Power.Canon's HS SYSTEM with a 12.1 Megapixel CMOS and DIGIC 4 Image Processor improves shooting in low-light situations without the need for a flash and lowers noise levels at higher ISO settings. The Canon HS SYSTEM takes the frustration out of low light shooting. The system delivers clear, blur-free shots with all the ambiance intact, and frees you from the sometimes unwanted effects of using the flash. Beautiful low light shots are possible at both low and high ISO speeds, and the dynamic range is expanded to retain maximum detail in highlight and shadow areas.The system is the result of two technologies brought together in a compact PowerShot. The first is the 12.1 Megapixel CMOS Sensor, which positions the light-receiving surface for optimal light reception. More light means clearer, blur-free images with plenty of detail and nuance, even in dark areas. Working together with the CMOS sensor to deliver the HS SYSTEM is Canon's advanced DIGIC 4 Image Processor, which actively reduces noise and delivers high speed image processing. Memorable Moments in Spectacular Full HD.Full 1080p HD Video for exceptional quality with stereo sound, plus a dedicated movie button for easy access. Zoom optically while shooting video and keep footage stabilized with Dynamic IS. Get the Shot You Want with Just a Touch.A large 3.2-inch touch panel LCD offers easy and intuitive operation. A Big Lens for Big Ambitions.A bright f/2.0 lens, 24mm ultra Wide-Angle lens, great for shooting portrait photography in low light conditions or using a shallow depth-of-field for great images with beautiful soft backgrounds. A PowerShot that Keeps Up with the Action. Get high-speed shooting in a point-and-shoot camera: High-speed Burst Mode captures 8.2fps and Super Slow Motion Movie records video at high speeds to allow slow motion playback. Sometimes, the action just won't stop for you. The PowerShot ELPH 500 HS digital camera is equipped with High-Speed Burst Mode that can capture 8.2 frames per second, letting you catch every single detail in pure Canon brilliance. You can also add a fun slow motion effect to you videos with Super Slow Motion Movie. Super Slow Motion Movie will record your clips at a high speed so that when you watch your videos, they'll be playing in slow motion. Clarity and Stability at Your Fingertips. 4.4x Optical Zoom Lens and Optical Image Stabilizer. A 4.4x Optical Zoom lens enables you to capture subjects that are close and far away. The added bonus of an Optical Image Stabilizer ensures that every moment you photograph will come out amazingly clear and focused. Advanced Smart AUTO for Stills and Videos that Shine. Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 32 predefined shooting situations. The PowerShot ELPH 500 HS digital camera takes the quality of your still images and videos to a whole new level - automatically. The camera's advanced Smart AUTO system detects a wealth of information about the scene you're shooting, then automatically selects the optimal settings for you. Now with an expanded range of 32 shooting scenarios, the camera handles a wide variety of situations, freeing you up to concentrate on composing your shot and capturing the moment you're looking for. From portraits to landscapes to action scenes, the PowerShot ELPH 500 HS digital camera has you covered whether you're shooting stills or videos. Movie Format Capabilities: -Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 24 fps for up to 14 min. and 34 sec. or 4GB per clip. -HD (1280 x 720p) at 30 fps for up to 20 min. 43 sec. or 4GB per clip. -VGA (640 x 480) at 30 fps for up to 43 min. and 43 sec. or 4GB per clip. -QVGA (320 x 240 at 30 fps) for up to 1 hour 58 min. and 19 sec. or 4GB per clip. -iFrame Movie format (1280 x 720) at 30 fps for up to 13 min. and 35 sec. or 4GB per clip.Super Slow Motion MovieRecord your clips in high speed (approx. 240fps), and then watch your videos in slow motion. Actual results may vary from examples shown above. Final image may vary depending on picture composition. Shoot it Your Way. Aperture- and Shutter-priority modes for extra control of your images. For photography enthusiasts, the ability to control aperture and shutter speed is key. The Aperture- and Shutter-priority modes on the Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS digital camera make it easy for anyone to take extra control over the look and feel of images captured. In Aperture-priority mode, you set the aperture and the camera automatically selects an appropriate shutter speed. This lets you create sharp subjects with beautifully blurred backgrounds, and landscapes with foreground, middle ground and background all in focus. Easily Turn Your Memories into Videos. Movie Digest Mode records a short video clip right before shooting a still image and then combines one day's worth of clips into one video. Putting together a video containing highlights from family vacations, important occasions and other special events is now easier than you might imagine. Using the Movie Digest Mode, you can have the camera automatically record a short video clip (up to approximately 4 seconds) every time you shoot a still image. The camera will then combine an entire day's worth of clips into a single video. No editing required – Movie Digest Mode does all the work, so you can sit back and enjoy your video! Add some Fun to Your Photos! New scene modes, Toy Camera Effect and Monochrome, add an artistic look to your photos. Review: The best pocket compact without a popup flash - This is the second Canon Elph 500HS that I bought. I bought the first one about a year ago and it takes such excellent indoor pictures that I bought a second one as a backup in case they become unavailable. After a through evaluation of the first 500HS, I discovered that it could take less sharp pictures when shooting in Auto mode. But by just flipping the switch from Auto mode to the camera icon (P-Mode), this camera always takes sharp pictures. Don't worry, shooting in P-Mode is exactly like shooting in Auto mode where you can just point & shoot with full auto everything. I did find that the default setting for the 500HS tends to overexpose slightly so I set it's exposure compensation to -1/3 for both outdoor and indoor pictures and the exposures are perfect. You only have to do this once and the camera remembers it even when you power it off or remove the battery for charging. Exposure compensation cannot be set in Auto mode so that's another good reason to set the camera to P-Mode. The lens on this camera is exceptional with a F2.0 aperature when not zoomed, which lets in a LOT of light for exceptionally good low light indoor images. Compare to the usual F3.3 aperature on most other compact point & shoot cameras which does not let in as much light. Plus this camera uses a BSI (Back Side Illuminated) CMOS sensor to capture the image which is a later technology to capture more light and therefore have less noise in low light images. The combination of the F2.0 aperature and the BSI CMOS sensor results in exceptional low light indoor image quality. I bought 3 other compact P&S cameras prior to buying the Elph 500HS, and returned all 3 because they took such poor low light indoor images. They all had enough noise in low light images that the cameras did excessive noise reduction which made their low light images have a smeary water color look. The low light images from this Elph 500HS has substantially less noise so Canon did not have to do excessive noise reduction on the images. This results in natural looking and SHARP indoor images. --- Any camera can take good outdoor images but the true test is noise free, sharp indoor images. Folks who buy a compact point & shoot camera like this Elph 500HS don't normally want to fool with manual controls. But the 500HS does have Aperature and Shutter priority modes for folks who do like to control those parameters. This camera uses a touch screen which reviewers find not as good as an iPhone, but shooters who buy this camera don't want to fool with controls anyway. Actually, the touch screen is better when selecting images to playback. Just flick the zoom ring to the left to display small thumbnails (more presses = smaller thumbnails) and then touch the image you want to display on the screen. This is much easier than using navigation buttons to select an image for playback. To record video, when you're taking pictures, there's a small red icon on the screen. Just touch that red record icon and the camera starts recording video. Then touch the red stop icon and the video recording stops. Couldn't be simpler. Finally, this camera has a forward facing flash that doesn't pop up out of the camera. My wife would hate having a flash pop up under her finger when shooting indoors. Plus that would force her to hold the camera a little differently which she wouldn't want to do. My wife and I both love this camera. Review: Decent camera but have some flaws - Pro: 1) Great outdoor image quality. 2) Indoor image quality is good 70% of the time. 3) HD video is decent. Pick up some background noise but not too bad. 4) Focus is fast. 5) Have 3:2 aspect ratios I actually like the canon 500 HS a lot too bad it has several flaws to me. 1) 500 HS has a crazily loud motor noise when you zoom in/out during the video shoot. 2) Touch screen is not good. Selection is ok. But scrolling is hopeless. Also, very easy to select something randomly. 3) 720p video size is bigger than P300 (almost double). May be file format related. 4) Inconsistent indoor photo quality. 5) Need to remove the battery for charging. I tested Sony HX7V and Nikon P300 too. I am keeping the Nikon P300 instead. You can read that review of mine to explain why I like Nikon P300 more. But the Canon 500 HS is still very good. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | | Compatible Mountings | Canon EF-S | | Image Stabilisation | Optical | | Maximum Focal Length | 105 Millimeters | | Photo Sensor Technology | CMOS | | Supported File Format | RAW | ## Product Details - **Compatible Mountings:** Canon EF-S - **Aspect Ratio:** 16:9 - **Photo Sensor Technology:** CMOS - **Supported File Format:** RAW - **Image Stabilisation:** Optical - **Maximum Focal Length:** 105 Millimeters - **Optical Zoom:** 4.4 - **Maximum Aperture:** 2 f - **Brand:** Canon - **Model Name:** ELPH 500 ## Images ![Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61s4waC3MDL.jpg) ![Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61zJLYB3L0L.jpg) ![Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bPaMDoyvL.jpg) ![Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31syzvmf1tL.jpg) ![Canon ELPH 500 HS B | Brown - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Ij6t2vNrL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best pocket compact without a popup flash *by S***K on 20 January 2013* This is the second Canon Elph 500HS that I bought. I bought the first one about a year ago and it takes such excellent indoor pictures that I bought a second one as a backup in case they become unavailable. After a through evaluation of the first 500HS, I discovered that it could take less sharp pictures when shooting in Auto mode. But by just flipping the switch from Auto mode to the camera icon (P-Mode), this camera always takes sharp pictures. Don't worry, shooting in P-Mode is exactly like shooting in Auto mode where you can just point & shoot with full auto everything. I did find that the default setting for the 500HS tends to overexpose slightly so I set it's exposure compensation to -1/3 for both outdoor and indoor pictures and the exposures are perfect. You only have to do this once and the camera remembers it even when you power it off or remove the battery for charging. Exposure compensation cannot be set in Auto mode so that's another good reason to set the camera to P-Mode. The lens on this camera is exceptional with a F2.0 aperature when not zoomed, which lets in a LOT of light for exceptionally good low light indoor images. Compare to the usual F3.3 aperature on most other compact point & shoot cameras which does not let in as much light. Plus this camera uses a BSI (Back Side Illuminated) CMOS sensor to capture the image which is a later technology to capture more light and therefore have less noise in low light images. The combination of the F2.0 aperature and the BSI CMOS sensor results in exceptional low light indoor image quality. I bought 3 other compact P&S cameras prior to buying the Elph 500HS, and returned all 3 because they took such poor low light indoor images. They all had enough noise in low light images that the cameras did excessive noise reduction which made their low light images have a smeary water color look. The low light images from this Elph 500HS has substantially less noise so Canon did not have to do excessive noise reduction on the images. This results in natural looking and SHARP indoor images. --- Any camera can take good outdoor images but the true test is noise free, sharp indoor images. Folks who buy a compact point & shoot camera like this Elph 500HS don't normally want to fool with manual controls. But the 500HS does have Aperature and Shutter priority modes for folks who do like to control those parameters. This camera uses a touch screen which reviewers find not as good as an iPhone, but shooters who buy this camera don't want to fool with controls anyway. Actually, the touch screen is better when selecting images to playback. Just flick the zoom ring to the left to display small thumbnails (more presses = smaller thumbnails) and then touch the image you want to display on the screen. This is much easier than using navigation buttons to select an image for playback. To record video, when you're taking pictures, there's a small red icon on the screen. Just touch that red record icon and the camera starts recording video. Then touch the red stop icon and the video recording stops. Couldn't be simpler. Finally, this camera has a forward facing flash that doesn't pop up out of the camera. My wife would hate having a flash pop up under her finger when shooting indoors. Plus that would force her to hold the camera a little differently which she wouldn't want to do. My wife and I both love this camera. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent camera but have some flaws *by D***N on 20 May 2011* Pro: 1) Great outdoor image quality. 2) Indoor image quality is good 70% of the time. 3) HD video is decent. Pick up some background noise but not too bad. 4) Focus is fast. 5) Have 3:2 aspect ratios I actually like the canon 500 HS a lot too bad it has several flaws to me. 1) 500 HS has a crazily loud motor noise when you zoom in/out during the video shoot. 2) Touch screen is not good. Selection is ok. But scrolling is hopeless. Also, very easy to select something randomly. 3) 720p video size is bigger than P300 (almost double). May be file format related. 4) Inconsistent indoor photo quality. 5) Need to remove the battery for charging. I tested Sony HX7V and Nikon P300 too. I am keeping the Nikon P300 instead. You can read that review of mine to explain why I like Nikon P300 more. But the Canon 500 HS is still very good. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great little camera *by B***B on 6 March 2012* Like many, I have a DSLR and a dedicated video camera, but wanted something smaller and pocketable that I could take with me everywhere. While I would have loved something in the category of a Canon S95 or S100, they are really so significantly out of my price range that they were out of the question as a second camera. The Nikon P300 was closer on price, and had a couple extra features the Elph 500 HS lacked, but for the money, the Elph 500 HS seemed to give me most of what I wanted so I thought I'd give it a try. Physically I love this camera. It feels solidly built. The brown color is a nice change from silver/black and it still looks like a serious camera. I like that there's a separate button for image review, which only warrants its separate button status because it also acts as a power button; if you press it while the power is off it turns on for image review but doesn't extend the lens. The camera is pretty heavy for its size; I don't mind it, but it's a bit too thick and heavy to carry in a shirt pocket. The one dislike I have about the controls is the zoom control which is a little small. Of course the main feature of this camera is the touch screen. I'm not a big fan of touch screens since physical buttons can often be operated by feel while you of course have to look closely at a touch screen to use it. I was a little bit concerned about how good this one would be, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The screen is responsive enough as far as pressing buttons is concerned. Any operations that involve dragging your finger across the screen I find a little frustrating. But overall, the enhanced capabilities offered by the touch screen (such as touch focusing, being able to quickly select an image to view, and being able to reassign virtual buttons) really outweigh the occasional menu annoyance. The little mini-stylus provided on the wrist strap might be helpful to some but I don't use it. I am pretty happy with the low-light performance, which was one of the key features for me since I'm not a fan of indoor flash. Between all the various features of the camera, I can get away without a flash more often than I can on my DSLR, which is good because the Elph's lens partially blocks the flash at close distances. I really love the image stabilization. It makes a HUGE difference for both stills and video. There is even a slow-sync flash to help with those low-light flash exposures, so you can expose both the subject and background properly as well as employ some creative techniques. Some of the low-light (or high-speed) modes are rather gimmicky in my opinion because they reduce the resolution to 3MP but in some cases you don't care. I was looking for some amount of manual control. The Elph 500 has a (relatively narrow) exposure override, aperture priority and shutter priority modes, but few options for available shutter speeds and apertures, so it's somewhat limited in flexibility, and without a physical controls (like a jog wheel or dial) it can be a little tedious to select your settings. I also find the 15-sec max exposure time to be a bit arbitrary and limiting. I guess I can understand the lack of 'bulb' setting since there's no remote shutter release. There is no manual focus other than locking the focus on infinity, but touch focusing, possibly assisted by AF lock, mostly replaces manual focus. Auto mode takes some getting used to. I think people expect a failproof 'auto' mode, but the reality is that cameras do not necessarily always make the same decisions a photographer would make. This is why the manual modes are handy to have, and I think in a lot of cases it's also why people can be disappointed in how their pictures turn out if they shoot in full auto. It is possible, for example, for the camera to choose a focus point that you wouldn't choose, but that's why it SHOWS you what it's focused on, it can show you a zoomed-in closeup of that area, and you can override the camera's choice if you want. Another example - auto white balance can result in changing white balance across a series of shots if lighting conditions change slightly. Full auto often results in a great picture, just not always! Basically I would suggest it takes some practice to learn how to make the camera take the shot you want, even in full auto. Some really great time-saving features: I love the ability to scroll through pictures by tapping on the side of the camera, so that you can keep your fingers away from the screen. I like being able to put some particular often-used functions (like ISO setting) in unused 'button' spaces on the touch screen. Blink detection actually turns out to be pretty handy, quicker than trying to look closely at faces yourself after you take every shot. The battery charges quickly (but of course it runs down quickly too). Power-on delay is short, zooming is quick, and focusing is reasonably fast. Some things I don't really care for: as many have said, the door covering the USB and other ports is horrible, but I personally don't use those ports, preferring to pop the card out and transfer everything to my computer, rather than print directly from the camera (which works great though), plug the camera into the computer, or view images/movies directly on my tv. Some of the shooting modes are not really that useful, either because they reduce the resolution to accomplish them, they don't work particularly well, or they are special effects that would be better applied in post-processing rather than a permanent part of your shot, but I guess they're there for people who do not want to have to do any post-processing. The super-slow-mo movies are rather gimmicky and the quality is really ragged but my kids LOVE watching themselves be silly in slow motion. Overall I think it was a good choice. I personally wouldn't want this as my ONLY camera, and it's probably a bit of overkill for a really casual photographer for whom a $100 model would do fine, but it works great and fits my needs perfectly. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/422811756-canon-elph-500-hs-b-brown](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/422811756-canon-elph-500-hs-b-brown) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-06-17*