Product Features
Technical Details
Image Sensor
Type - 1/1.7 type CCD
Effective Pixels - Approx. 10.0 M
Colour Filter Type - Primary Colour
Image Processor
Type - DIGIC 4 with iSAPS technology
Lens
Focal Length - 6.1 - 30.5 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28 - 140 mm)
Zoom - Optical 5x. Digital Approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter
Approx. 1.4x or 2.3x and Safety Zoom). Combined Approx. 20x
Maximum f/number - f/2.8 - f/4.5
Construction - 11 elements in 9 groups (1 double-sided aspherical
element)
Image Stabilisation - Yes (lens shift-type), 4-stop, Hybrid IS
Focusing
Type - TTL
AF System / Points - AiAF (Face Detection / 9-point), 1-point AF
(Any position is available, fixed centre or Face Select and
Track)
AF Modes - Single, Continuous (only available in Auto mode), Servo
AF/AE, Tracking AF
AF Point Selection - Manual selection using FlexiZone AF/AE, Size
(Normal, Small)
AF Lock - On/Off Selectable
AF Assist Beam - Yes
Manual Focus - Yes
Focus Bracketing - Yes
Closest Focusing Distance - 1 cm (W) from front of lens in
macro
Exposure Control
Metering modes - Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame),
Centre-weighted average, Spot (centre or linked to Face Detection
AF or FlexiZone AF frame)
AE Lock - Yes
Exposure Compensation - +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments, Enhanced
i-Contrast for automatic dynamic range correction, ND Filter (3
stop)
AEB - 1/3 - 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
ISO sensitivity - AUTO, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500,
640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200
Shutter
Speed - 1 - 1/4000 sec. (factory default), 15 - 1/4000 sec. (total
range - varies by shooting mode)
White Balance
Type - TTL
Settings - Auto (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy,
Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Underwater, Custom1,
Custom2. White Balance Correction
Viewfinder
Viewfinder - Real-image zoom, optical viewfinder
Dioptre Correction - Yes
LCD Monitor
Monitor - Vari-angle 7.0 cm (2.8 Inch) PureColor II VA (TFT),
Approx. 461,000 dots
Coverage - Approx. 100%
Brightness - Adjustable to one of five levels. Quick-bright LCD
Flash
Modes - Auto, Manual Flash On / Off
Slow Sync Speed - Yes. Fastest speed 1/2000 sec.
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Flash Exposure Compensation - +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face
Detection FE. Safety FE.
Flash Exposure Lock - Yes
Manual Power Adjustment - 3 levels with internal flash (up to 19
levels with external EX Speedlites 270EX and 430EX II. 22 levels
with 580EX II)
Second Curtain Synchronisation - Yes
Built-in Flash Range - 50 cm - 7.0 m (W) / 4.0 m (T)
External Flash - E-TTL with EX series Speedlites, Macro Twin Lite
MT-24EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX, Canon High Power Flash HF-DC1
Shooting
Modes - Auto*, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority
AE, Manual, Custom (2 modes), Low Light (2.5MP), Quick Shot, SCN
(Portrait, Landscape, Kids & Pets, Sports, Smart Shutter
(Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), Super Vivid, Poster
Effect, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Underwater, Color Accent,
Color Swap, High Dynamic Range, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect,
Nostalgic, Stitch Assist), Movie * with Scene Detection Technology
and Motion Detection Technology
Photo Effects - My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia,
Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin
Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)
Drive modes - Single, Continuous, Self-Timer
Continuous Shooting - Approx. 2.0 shots/sec., AF: Approx. 0.7
shots/sec., LV: Approx. 0.8 shots/sec.(until memory card becomes
full)
Recording Pixels / Compression
Image Size - 4:3 - (L & RAW) 3648 x 2736, (M1) 2816 x 2112,
(M2) 1600 x 1200, (S) 640 x 480, Resize in playback (M2, S, 320 x
240) / 16:9 - (L) 3648 x 2048, (M1) 2816 x 1584, (M2) 1920 x 1080,
(S) 640 x 360 / 3:2 - (L)3648 x 2432, (M1) 2816 x 1880, (M2) 1600 x
1064, (S) 640 x 424 / 1:1 - (L) 2736 x 2736, (M1) 2112 x 2112, (M2)
1200 x 1200, (S) 480 x 480 / 4:5 - (L) 2192 x 2736, (M1) 1696 x
2112, (M2) 960 x 1200, (S) 384 x 480
Compression - Fine, Normal
Movies - (HD) 1280 x 720, 24 fps, (L) 640 x 480, 30 fps, (M) 320 x
240, 30 fps / Miniature Effect (HD, L) 6 fps, 3fps, 1.5 fps
Movie Length - Up to 4 GB or 29 min. 59 sec. (HD), Up to 4 GB or 1
hour (L, M)
File Types
Still Image Type - JPEG compression, (Exif 2.3 [Exif Print]
compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, RAW, Digital Print
Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
Movies - MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]
Direct Print
Canon Printers - Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and Canon
Inkjet Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Fixed Size
Print and Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP & ES printers
only)
PictBridge - Yes
Other Features
Red-Eye Correction - Yes, during shooting and playback
My Camera / My Menu - Start-up image and camera sounds
customisation. Menu Customisation
My Category - Image tagging feature
Intelligent Orientation Sensor - Yes
Histogram - Yes, live histogram
Playback zoom - Approx. 2x - 10x
Self Timer - Custom
Menu Languages - English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish,
Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese
(traditional), Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek,
Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Ukrainian,
Romanian, Farsi
Interface
Computer - Hi-Speed USB (MTP, PTP) dedicated connector (Mini-B
compatible)
Other - HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI-CEC compatible) A/V output
(PAL/NTSC)
Memory Card
Type - SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC, MMCplus, HCMMCplus
Supported Operating Sysytem
PC & Macintosh - Windows 7/ Vista SP1-2/ XP SP3, Mac OS X v10.4
- 10.6
Software