Digital Photography Review
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| Street Price | US: $ 799 [check
/ order] UK: £ ??? [check / order] |
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| Body Material | Front magnesium alloy, back high-impact plastic (all black) | |
| CCD effective pixels |  |
5.0 megapixels |
| CCD size | |
1/1.8" (7.2 x 5.3 mm - more info) |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| Max resolution | 2592 x 1944 (5.0 megapixels) | |
| Lower resolutions | • 1600 x 1200 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | 4:3 | |
| Image formats | |
• RAW • JPEG (EXIF 2.2)* * Any image shot as JPEG can be instead saved as RAW by pressing FUNC during record review |
| Quality Levels | • Super-Fine • Fine • Normal |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto • ISO 50 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 (In reality this range is closer to other manufacturers ISO 100 - 800) |
| Lens Thread | With optional bayonet fit adapter, 58 mm | |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
35 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
140 mm (4 x) |
| Zoom steps | 12 steps | |
| Lens Aperture | |
F2.0 - F3.0 |
| Digital zoom | |
Yes, Equiv. of 5.1x, 6.5x, 8.1x, 10x 12x 16x |
| Auto Focus | • Center Area AF • FlexiZone AF/AE area selection (over 300 areas) |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
Yes, visible light (white) |
| Manual Focus | |
• Wide: 5 cm - Infinity (2.0
in - Infinity) • Tele: 15 cm - Infinity (5.9 in - Infinity) |
| Normal focus range | |
Wide/Tele: 50 cm - Infinity (19.7 in - Infinity) |
| Macro focus range | |
• Wide: 5 - 50 cm (2.4 - 19.7
in) • Tele: 15 - 50 cm (5.9 - 19.7 in) |
| Focus bracketing | Yes, 3 positions | |
| Exposure modes | • Auto • Program • Tv (Shutter Priority) • Av (Aperture Priority) • Manual • Custom 1 • Custom 2 • Scene • Movie |
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| Scene modes | • Portrait • Landscape • Night Portrait • Stitch Assist |
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| Metering | |
• Evaluative |
| Shutter type | Mechanical and Electronic | |
| Min shutter | |
• Auto: 1/8 sec • Program / Aperture Priority: 1 sec • Shutter Priority / Manual: 15 sec |
| Max shutter | |
• Wide: 1/2000 sec from F4.0
- F8.0 (otherwise 1/1250 sec max) • Tele: 1/2000 sec from F5.6 - F8.0 (otherwise 1/1250 sec max) |
| Aperture priority | |
• Wide: F2.0, F2.2, F2.5, 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* * Only Wide angle F4.0 - F8.0, Telephoto F5.6 - F8.0 |
| 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 | |
• 3 images • 0.3 - 2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| Manual exposure | |
Yes |
| White Balance | |
• Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Fluorescent High • Flash • Custom preset 1 • Custom preset 2 |
| Photo Effect | • Off • Vivid • Neutral • Low Sharpening • Sepia • B&W • Custom (Contrast, Sharpness, Saturation: all +/-1 level) |
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| Continuous | |
• High: 2.0 fps, max 11 frames
(Large/Fine, LCD off) • Low: 1.5 fps, max 11 frames (Large/Fine, LCD off) |
| Movie clip | • 320 x 240, 15 fps, max 3
mins (including audio) • 160 x 120, 15 fps, max 3 mins (including audio) |
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| Time-lapse mode | • Interval: 1 - 60 mins • Shots: up to 100 |
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| Built-in Flash | Yes, fixed internal | |
| Flash Range (ISO 100) |
• Wide: 0.7 - 5.0 m (2.3 - 16.4 ft) |
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| Flash modes |
• Auto, On, Off |
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| Flash compensation | +/-2 EV in 0.3 EV steps | |
| External flash (via hot shoe) |
• Canon 220EX • Canon 380EX • Canon 420EX • Canon 550EX • Canon MR-14EX (Macro-Ring-Light) • Canon MT-24EX (Macro-Twin-Light) • Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 |
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| Orientation sensor | Yes, can be disabled. Images are
tagged with orientation. * Note: Works with ACDSEE 5.0 "auto" lossless rotation feature |
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| Tripod mount | Yes, metal | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 2 or 10 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Yes, supplied Infrared | |
| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage | |
• Compact Flash Type I or
Type II • IBM Microdrive supported |
| Storage included | 32 MB Compact Flash Type I card | |
| Viewfinder | |
• Optical with dioptre adjustment • Approx. 84% frame coverage |
| LCD | |
• 1.8" TFT, 118,000 pixels
• 100% coverage • Tilt, twist and swivel |
| Histogram display | Record review and Playback (includes blinking highlight warning) | |
| 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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| Remote Capture | PC control via USB | |
| Battery | |
Yes, BP-511 Lithium-Ion Battery or BP-512 Lithium-Ion battery |
| Battery charger | |
Yes, supplied AC adapter / charger |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 481 g (17.0 oz) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 121 x 74 x 70 mm (4.8 x 2.9 x 2.8 in) |
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