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Review Summary
1/1.8-inch CCD Total Pixels Approx. 4.1 million (Effective Pixels Approx. 4 million)
3x Optical Zoom Lens, 3.6x Digital Zoom 7.1-21.3mm (35mm film equivalent: 35 - 105mm) f/2.8 - f/8.0 (wide-angle), f/4.9 - f/8.0 (telephoto)
3.6x (Maximum 11x digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom.)
Real-image optical zoom viewfinder, LCD
1.8-inch TFT color LCD
TTL autofocus (Continuous or Single)
Normal AF: 80cm (2.7ft.) - infinity
Macro AF: 10cm (0.3ft.) (wide-angle) / 20cm (0.7ft.) (telephoto) - 70cm (2.3ft.)
Manual focus: 6cm (0.2ft.) (wide-angle) / 30cm (1.0ft.) (telephoto) - 80cm (2.7ft.)
15 - 1/1,500 sec. Slow shutter operates with noise reduction.
Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE or Manual exposure control; AE lock is available.
High Speed: Approx. 2.5 images/sec., Normal: Approx. 1.5 images/sec.
Operates with approx. 2 or 10 second countdown. (Selectable)
Auto, or user-set ISO 50, 100, 200, 400 equivalent (At Auto setting, camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 50 to ISO 100 equivalent.)
TTL Auto White Balance, Pre-set White Balance (available settings: Daylight, Cloudy, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, or Flash) or Custom White Balance
Operation modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction Auto, Red-Eye Reduction ON, flash ON or OFF
Nomal: WIDE: 0.4-4.8m (1.1-16ft) TELE: 0.4-3m (1.1-9.8 ft) (When Auto) Macro: WIDE: 0.6-4 (1.8-13 ft) TELE: 0.6-2.5m (1.8-8.2 ft) (When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent)
No
CompactFlash card (Type I or Type II)
Movie: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE [monaural])
Sound memo: WAVE [monaural]
Super Fine, Fine, Normal
Still image: Large: 2,272 x 1,704, Medium High: 1,600 x 1,200, Medium Low: 1,024 x 768, Small: 640 x 480, Movie: 320 x 240 (15bps) or 160 x 120 (15bps)
Yes; AVI (Motion JPEG, WAVE), High (320x240)/Low (160x120), 15 fps
Audio data: WAVE [monaural])
Sound memo: WAVE [monaural]
USB
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (type: NB-2L) or AC Adapter Kit ACK 700 is necessary.
Audio/Video Output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio)
4.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 in. /112.0 x 58.0 x 42.0 mm. (excluding protruding parts)
Approx. 9.2oz./260g (camera body only)
Mac Requirements Hardware: Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac or iBook OS: Mac OS 8.6 through 9.1 (Incompatible with Mac OS X) CPU: Power PC Interface: USB: Cable connection via camera's USB port is limited to genuine Apple Computer brand models with a built-in USB interface (Power Macintosh NEW G3/G4, PowerBook G3, iMac, iBook). RAM: 20MB and over
Direct connection to Canon Card Photo Printer CP-10 (no computer required).
Shooting Modes Creative zone: Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority and Manual Image zone: AUTO, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, High-speed Shutter, Slow Shutter, Photo Effect (Black & White, Sepia, Neutral Color, Vivid Color), Stitch Assist and Movie
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