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Accidents happen where life happens. Protect your favorite Adorama products and purchase a protection plan to stay covered from accidental damage, mechanical or electrical failure, and more.
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When regular use of your product over time results in mechanical or electrical failure.
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Compact Digital Camera with built-in flash and 4x Optical/4x Digital/16x Combined Zoom
1/2.5 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels Approx. 5.3 Megapixels
Effective Pixels: Approx. 5.0 Megapixels
SD Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable.
Still: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))
Print Order Format: Design rule for camera file system Exif 2.2(JPEG) and DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
Normal, Fine, SuperFine
Still Image: 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 1), 2,592 x 1,944 (Large), 2,592 x 1,456 (Widescreen)
Movie: 640 x 480 (10 fps) / 320 x 240 (20 fps) available up to 1GB, 160 x 120 (3 min. at 15 fps)
5.8-23.2mm, f/2.6-5.5 (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)
Maximum Aperture f/2.6 (W) - f/5.5 (T)
4.0x
4.0x
16.0x
Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H), Custom
Custom, Yes
Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD
1.8 inch
LCD Pixels: Approx. 77,000 pixels
100%
Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
TTL Autofocus
Normal: 1.5 ft./45cm-infinity
Macro: 2.0 in.-1.5 ft./5-45cm (WIDE), 1.1-1.5 ft./33-45cm (except WIDE)
Light Metering Method : Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot** Metering frame is fixed to the center
Exposure Control Method: Program AE, Manual
+/- 2 stops in 1/3 stop increments
Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800 equivalent
Auto; Creative: P, M; Image: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap), My Colors, Stitch Assist, Movie
Photo Effects: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom Color
Shutter Speed : 15-1/2000 sec. (settable in M)
Activates shutter after an approx. 2 sec. or approx 10 sec. delay, Custom timer
N/A
Operation Modes: Auto, Auto w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off
Approx. 10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.0V)
Normal: 1.5-11.0 ft./45cm - 3.5m (W), 1.5-7.2 ft./45cm - 2.2m (T)
Macro: 1.1-1.5 ft./33-45cm (W/T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Approx. 2.1 shots/sec.
Still Image: Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Histogram, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Auto Play
Movie: Normal Playback, Special Playback, Editing
Erase Modes: Still Image: single image, all images Movie: part of movie, all of movie
Direct connection to Canon CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable.
23 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic)
1. AA-size Alkaline Battery (x2)
2. Rechargeable AA-size Ni-MH Battery (x2)
3. AC Adapter Kit ACK800
Still Image: approx. 90 shots (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 360 shots (AA-size Ni-MH Battery) *
Playback Time: Approx. 300 min. (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 420 min. (AA-size Ni-MH Battery) *
3.56 x 2.52 x 1.70 in. / 90.4 x 64.0 x 43.2mm
Approx. 6.00 oz. / 170g (camera body only)
32-104° F/0-40° C
10 - 90%
SD memory card slot. Direct connection to Canon CP Printers and select BJ Printers via camera's USB cable (no computer required).
Computer Interface: USB (mini-B/PTP)
Video Out: NTSC or PAL
Audio Out: Monaural


Value Starts Here..
Canon makes an affordable, high-quality 5.0 megapixel digital camera a reality with the PowerShot A530. Fast, powerful, & impressively compact, the A530 delivers beautiful images & high performance. Best of all, this camera retains all the easy-to-use accessibility that has made the PowerShot A Series so popular.
Powerful specs, amazing value: Step up to 5.0 megapixels of imaging power & a genuine Canon 4x optical zoom -it's all within your reach with the PowerShot A530. You'll see the difference 5 megapixels of resolution make when you crop images & make enlargements that are true-to-life & filled with rich detail.
With a 4x optical zoom, you're ready to capture a broad range of shots. Snapshots, landscapes & everything inbetween are rendered with the clear, bright quality of genuine Canon optics.
Make your camera your companion: The PowerShot A530 packs all its imaging power into a body so lightweight and compact, you'll take it everywhere. And for times when a camera is indispensable, you'll be glad you have one that doesn't weigh you down.
Canon innovation enhances your experience: The PowerShot A530 features a new ISO 800 setting that reduces the effects of camera shake & sharpens subjects in low-light situations when shooting with high shutter speeds, giving you greater flexibility for shooting.
Advanced imaging technology improves every photo: DIGIC II Image Processor; Canon's DIGIC II Image Processor is designed to improve processing speed & image quality, so DIGIC II provides markedly faster startup, autofocus & playback, plus it assures that every image is more colorfully vibrant.
iSAPS Technology: iSAPS Technology is an entirely original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC II Image Processor to improve focus speed & accuracy, as well as exposure & white balance.
Shoot & view wide images: The PowerShot A530 includes a widescreen resolution option, producing images & film clips that are perfect for your widescreen TV or computer monitor.
Capture the moment in any situation; The PowerShot A530 enables you to record VGA (640x480) at 10 fps or QVGA (320x240) movies at 20 fps with sound. Also, with Compact Movie Mode, you can shoot QQVGA (160x120) at 15 fps.
Now digital zoom is available when you are recording a movie. With an additional 17 shooting modes, including the settings in Special Scene mode, you can produce breathtaking pictures even when shooting conditions are tough.
The complete print solution: The PowerShot A530's Print/Share button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the A530 to a Canon CP, SELPHY or PIxMA Photo Printer or any PictBridge compatible photo printer, press the lighted Print/Share button & print! the Print/Share button also transfers images to a computer.
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