Canon PowerShot A70 Specifications
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| Street Price | US: $ 350 [check
/ order] UK: £ 300 [check / order] |
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| Body Material | Plastic | |
| CCD effective pixels |  |
3.2 million |
| CCD size | |
1/2.7" (5.3 x 4.0 mm - more info) |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| Max resolution | 2048 x 1536 (3.14 million) | |
| Lower resolutions | • 1600 x 1200 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | 4:3 | |
| File formats | |
• Still: JPEG (EXIF 2.2) • Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG + WAV audio) |
| JPEG Quality Levels | • Super-Fine • Fine • Normal |
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| Movie clips | • 640 x 480, 15 fps, up to
30 secs • 320 x 240, 15 fps, up to 3 mins • 160 x 120, 15 fps, up to 3 mins (3 mins requires high speed CF card) |
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| Lens Thread | With optional bayonet fit adapter, 58 mm | |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
35 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
105 mm (3 x) |
| Zoom steps | 7 steps | |
| Lens Aperture | |
F2.8 - F4.8 |
| Digital zoom | |
Yes, up to 3.2x |
| Focus | • 5-point AiAF (auto area
selection) • 1-point AF (center) • Manual focus |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
Yes, visible light (orange) |
| Focus range | |
• Normal: 46 cm - Infinity
(1.5 ft - Infinity) • Macro (W): 5 - 46 cm (2.0 - 18.1 in) • Macro (T): 26 - 46 cm (10.2 - 18.1 in) |
| Shooting modes | • Auto • Program AE • Shutter priority AE • Aperture priority AE • Manual • Portrait • Landscape • Night Scene • Fast Shutter • Slow Shutter • Stitch Asssist • Movie (with sound) |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto • ISO 50 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 |
| Metering | |
• Evaluative |
| Min shutter | |
• Auto: 1/8 sec • Program / Aperture Priority: 1 sec • Shutter Priority / Manual: 15 sec |
| Max shutter (wide) | |
• F2.8: 1/1250 sec • F3.2 - F4.0: 1/1600 sec • F4.5 - F8.0: 1/2000 sec |
| Max shutter (tele) | |
• F4.8: 1/1250 sec • F5.6 - F7.1: 1/1600 sec • F8.0: 1/2000 sec |
| Aperture priority | |
• Wide: F2.8, F3.2, F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1,
F8.0 |
| Shutter priority | |
15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5,
2, 1.6, 1.3, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10,
1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125,
1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250,
1/1600*, 1/2000* * Available only above certain apertures, see above |
| Noise reduction | Yes, for shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower | |
| Exposure compensation | |
-2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3EV steps |
| Exposure bracketing | |
No |
| Manual exposure | |
Yes |
| White Balance | |
• Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Fluorescent High • Custom |
| Photo Effect | • Off • Vivid • Neutral • Low Sharpening • Sepia • Black & White |
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| Continuous | |
2.2 fps up to 12 frames |
| Built-in Flash | Yes, fixed internal | |
| Flash Range (Auto ISO) |
• Wide: 0.46 - 4.2 m (1.5 - 13.8 ft) |
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| Flash modes |
• Auto, On, Off |
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| Flash compensation | No | |
| Orientation sensor | No | |
| Tripod mount | Yes, plastic | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 2 or 10 sec delay | |
| Remote control | No | |
| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage | |
Compact Flash Type I |
| Storage included | 16 MB Compact Flash Type I card | |
| Viewfinder | |
• Optical, no dioptre adjustment • Approx. 84% frame coverage |
| LCD | |
• 1.5" TFT, 78,000 pixels
• 100% coverage |
| Histogram display | No | |
| Playback zoom | Yes, 10x (10 steps) | |
| Operating system | Proprietary | |
| Connectivity | |
• DC-IN • USB 1.1 • A/V out |
| Print Compliance | • DPOF • EXIF 2.2 (ExifPrint) • Direct Print (Canon) |
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| Power | |
4 x AA batteries (NiMH recommended) |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 335 g (11.8 oz) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 101 x 64 x 32 mm (4.0 x 2.5 x 1.3 in) |
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