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IMAGE SENSOR 1/1.8 inch CCD
Effective Pixels Approx. 4.0 MP
Total Pixels Approx. 4.1 MP
Primary colour filter
IMAGE PROCESSOR DiG!C
LENS 7.8 (W) - 23.4 (T)mm (35mm equivalent: 38 - 114mm)
Maximum Aperture F2.8 (W) / 4.9 (T)
6 elements in 5 groups (including 2 aspherical lenses)
ZOOM 3.0x Optical Zoom
3.6x Digital Zoom
Approx. Combined Zoom 11x
FOCUSING METHOD TTL Autofocus
9-point AiAF/1-point AF
1-point AF: Centre
Manual focus available, Manual Focus sets AF Lock
FOCUSING RANGE Normal 45 cm - infinity
Macro 5cm - 45 cm (W), 25cm - 45 cm (T)
Manual Focus 5 cm - infinity, 25 cm - infinity
LIGHT METERING /EXPOSURE Evaluative / Centre-weighted average / Spot (centre)
Exposure Control Method: Program AE / Shutter speed-
priority AE / Aperture priority AE / Manual exposure
Exposure Compensation +/- 2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
ISO Speed: Auto / ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 equivalent
SHUTTERSPEED 15 - 1/2,000 sec.
WHITE BALANCE TTL White Balance
Auto + Pre-set (Daylight / Cloudy / Tungsten /
Fluorescent / Fluorescent H) + Custom
LCD MONITOR/VIEWFINDER Real-image zoom viewfinder
1.5 inch amorphous silicon TFT colour LCD
(Vari-angle type)
FLASH Modes Auto*/On*/Off * Red-eye reduction is available.
Flash Range Normal: 45cm - 4.4m (W), 45cm - 2.5m(T)
Macro: 25 - 45cm (at ISO: AUTO)
Manual Flash Output Setting: 3 step manual setting
of flash output
SHOOTING MODES Auto / Creative zone (Program / Shutter speed priority /
Aperture priority / Manual / Custom 1 / Custom 2) /
Programmed image control zone (Portrait /
Landscape / Night Scene / Fast shutter / Slow shutter /
Stitch Assist / Movie) Photo effects (Vivid / Neutral /
Low sharpening / Sepia / Black & White)
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING High Speed: Approx. 2.4 shots/sec. (shooting speed can
be maintained up to 5 images)
Normal: approx. 1.6 shots/sec. (shooting speed can be
maintained up to 8 images)
(Large/Fine mode, when LCD monitor is turned off]
RECORDING PIXELS Still Images
Large 2272 x 1704
Medium 1 1600 x 1200
Medium 2 1024 x 768
Small 640 x 480
(selectable compression of SuperFine, Fine, Normal)
Movie Images
Medium (QVGA) 320 x 240
Small (QQVGA) 160 x 120
Movies shot at 15fps for up to 3 mins, depending upon
CF card type and capacity
FILEFORMAT Still images: JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant) / Design rule for
Camera File system, Digital Print Order format (DPOF)
version 1.1 compliant
[Movie AVI (Motion JPEG + WAVE (monaural),
sound memo: WAVE (monaural)]
DIRECT PRINTING Canon Card Photo Printers and Bubble Jet Printers with
the Canon Direct Print function. Canon Bubble Jet
Printers and Multifunction Machines with Card Direct
function see www.canon.com.au/directprinting
Pictbridge compatible printers
OTHER FEATURES Playback Operations: Single / Index (9 thumbnail images)
/ Slide Show / Movie Special Replay - Next frame,
Previous frame, Fast forward, Rewind, First frame and
Last frame / Magnify (2x– 10x) My Camera setting:
Start-up image/ Start-up sound/ Shutter sound/
Operation sound and Self-timer sound (Creation of
on-camera content) 12 languages (English, German,
French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian,
Swedish, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese)
Self-timer: Approx. 2 sec. or 10 sec. count-down
INTERFACE USB, Audio/Video output (PAL/NTSC)
MEMORY CARD CompactFlash™ card (Type 1)
SUPPORTED OPERATING Windows 98 (including SE)/ME/2000/XP
SYSTEMS Mac: OS 9.0 - 9.2, OS X (Version 10.1/10.2)
POWER SOURCE 4 X Alkaline AA Size batteries,
4 X NiMH AA Size rechargeable batteries
(NB-1AH is recommended), optional AC adaptor
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT Temperature 0 - 40 °C Humidity10 - 90 %
DIMENSIONS (W X D X H) 103.1 x 64.6 x 34.7mm
WEIGHT Approx. 250g (camera body only)
STANDARD ACCESSORIES Wrist Strap WS-200, 4 x AA Alkaline Batteries, 16MB
AND SOFTWARE Compact Flash Card, AV Cable AVC-DC100, USB
Interface Cable IFC-300PCU, Camera User Guide,
Software Starter Guide, Quick Start Guide.
Digital Camera Solution Disk - ZoomBrowser EX,
PhotoRecord, ImageBrowser, PhotoStitch,
RemoteCapture, WIA and TWAIN Driver, USB Mounter,
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple QuickTime, ArcSoft
Camera Suite.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES AC Adaptor Kit ACK-600, NiMH Battery and Charger
Kit CBK100 and NB4-100, Conversion Lens Adaptor
LA-DC52D, Tele-Conversion lens TC-DC52A, Wide
Converter WC-DC52, Close-up lens 250D 52mm,
Waterproof Case WP-DC900 Soft Case SC-PS600,
AV Cable AVC-DC100, Direct Interface Cable DIF-100
for CP Printers, USB Interface Cable IFC-300PCU,
CP Direct Digital Photo and Bubble Jet Direct Printers
PowerShot A80 Specifications