Features

• Stylish 7.1 Megapixel Digital ELPH with 3x Optical Zoom lens                
• Bold edges in a slim and contoured dual-tone design in two color variations to suit your personal style    Bold edges in a slim and contoured dual-tone design in two color variations to suit your personal style
• DIGIC III Image Processor with improved Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction for sharper images and improved functionality        
• Extra-large, high-resolution 3.0-inch PureColor LCD with scratch-resistant anti-reflection coating for easy on-camera viewing
• ISO 1600 and High ISO Auto to reduce image blur and expand low-light shooting capability    
• Five movie modes including 30 fps VGA, Time Lapse and Fast Frame Rate     
• Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading, plus ID Photo Print and Movie Print with select PIXMA Photo Printers, CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers

Specifications

Imaging Sensor

• Resolution: Approx. 7.1 million pixels
• Recording pixels: 3072 x 2304
• Sensor type: Interline Transfer CCD
• Sensor size: 1/2.5-inch diagonal

Lens

• Focal length: 5.8 – 17.4mm (equivalent to 35–105mm, in 35mm format)
• Zoom ratio: 3x (optical) / 4x (digital)
• Lens construction: 6 elements in 5 groups (two aspheric UA lens elements)
• Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/4.9 (T)
• Closest focusing distance: Wide/Tele - 1.0 feet, Macro - 1.2” (fills frame with subject 1.5 x 1.1 inches in size), Digital macro - 1.2 inches (fills frame with subject 0.35 x 0.28 inches in size)
• Autofocus Face Detect, 9-point AiAF; Single AF point (Center of frame)
• Safety Zoom: Available
• Digital Tele-converter: 1.5x and 1.9x

Image Recording

• JPEG image recording: 8-bit JPEG; Three compression settings (“Super-Fine”, “Fine”, and “ Normal ”)
• Data recording format: DCF (Design rule for Camera Filing system); DPOF ver. 1.1 (Digital Print Order Format) EXIF 2.2 compatible
• Reduced resolution options: 3072 x 1728 (Widescreen; 5.3MP); 2592 x 1944 (5.0MP); 2048 x 1536 (3.2MP); 1600 x 1200 (1.9MP); 640 x 480 (300k Pixels)
• Sound memos for still images: Up to 60 second sound file can be recorded for each picture during playback, Sound recording: Use as a “tape recorder” for up to 2 hrs of continuous recording
• Storage media: SD memory cards and MultiMedia memory cards (SDHC Compatable)
• Format function: Normal and Low Level level format
• Color space: sRGB

Shooting Controls

• Shooting modes: Auto, Camera Manual, Digital Macro, Color Accent,Color Swap, Stitch Assist, Special Scene, Movie
• Scene Modes: Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoors, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, and Underwater
• Color Accent & Color Swap: Available on both still images, and movies
• “My Colors” mode: Positive film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, B & W, and Custom Color
• Noise reduction: Available when shutter speed is set between 15 and 1.3 sec.

White Balance

• Auto
• Pre-set White Balance (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H)
• Custom setting (read and set WB off of white object or neutral gray object)
• Self-timer 2-second delay, 10-second delay, and Custom Timer, Custom Timer: user can set delay 1 ~ 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds, and number of shots from 1 thru 10 (camera takes shots continuously after pre-set delay)

Exposure

• Metering: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot (spot metering at center), Face Detect information is encorperated into exposure, AE Lock is possible
• Exposure compensation: +/- up to 2 stops, 1/3-stop increments
• ISO sensitivity: Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (user-set)
• Shutter speed range: 15 seconds ~ 1/1500 sec.

Viewfinder and LCD

• LCD monitor: 3-inch (diagonal)
• Resolution: approx. 230,000 pixels; 100% coverage of actual image
• 15 levels of brightness adjustment
• Quick-bright LCD Available
• Enlarged playback (2x ~ 10x) with free scrolling to any part of image
• Advance or reverse through magnified images is available
• Image is automatically rotated when camera is in either vertical or horizontal orientation
• Special transition effects can be added when advancing or reversing through still images
• Jump 10 images, Jump 100 images, Jump shot date, Jump to movie and Jump to folder
• My Category now available for better organization
• Slide Show: Playback interval 3-10 sec., 15 sec., 30 sec.
• Movie playback: Normal , Slow Motion, Pause, Editing (portions of clip can be erased)
• Histogram Available only in Playback mode

Performance

• Imaging processor: DIGIC III
• Continuous shooting speed: Approx. 1.7 shots per second
• Camera start-up time: Shooting mode - 1.0 sec (with flash turned off and LCD monitor on)
• Playback mode  1.3 sec. (with flash turned off and LCD monitor on)

Movie Mode

• 640 x 480 at 30 fps (VGA; shoot up to 30 minutes or 4GB per Clip)
• 640 x 480 at 15 fps (VGA; shoot up to 60 minutes or 4GB per Clip)
• 320 x 240 at 30 fps (VGA; shoot up to 60 minutes or 4GB per Clip)
• 320 x 240 at 15 fps (QVGA; shoot up to 60 minutes or 4GB per Clip)
• Fast Frame Rate:  320 x 240 at 60 fps (QVGA; up to 1 minute per movie clip)
• Compact: 160 x 120 at 15 fps (QQVGA; up to 3 minutes per movie clip)
• Digital zoom (optical zoom not possible)
• Continuous auto exposure and white balance
• Color Accent and Color Swap
• Time Lapse mode – 640 x 480 at 0.5/1 fps – Records an event in intervals to be played back at a normal frame rate.
• Movie playback On camera’s LCD monitor (with sound); Standard TV monitor using video-out cord; or within Macintosh or Windows PC using Apple QuickTime™ software
• Slow-motion playback Possible; five different speed levels available in addition to standard playback speed

Flash

• Flash modes: Auto, ON, or Off – All automatic flash modes work in conjunction with Face Detect
• Maximum distance: 11 ft (W) / 6.6 ft (T) (ISO set to Auto)
• Macro flash: 1.0 - 1.6 ft (W/T)
• Flash sync speeds: 1/500 sec. (maximum synchronized shutter speed)
• Compatible accessory Speedlites: None; compatible with Canon High-Power HF-DC1 flash

Computer Interface

• Direct-connection to computer USB; via dedicated Canon USB cable IFC-400PCU (supplied with camera)
• USB speed: 2.0 Hi-speed: Computer Controlled Shooting Not available
• PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) Driver-less communication with Mac OS X and Windows XP computers
• MTP communication to new Windows Vista computers
• Video Out to TV monitor Yes, via Audio/Video cable AVC-DC300
• NTSC or PAL: selectable on camera’s menu

Direct Printing

• Compatible printers Canon Compact Photo printers - prints directly to Canon CP and SELPHY printers, Canon inkjet printers - prints directly to compatible Direct-print Canon printers, Third-party inkjet printers - prints directly to PictBridge-compatible printers
• Printing features: Print with shooting data, image optimizer (face brightener), ID Photo print, Movie print
• Print/Share button: Yes

Battery and Power

• Type: (one) ultra-compact Canon NB-4L lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• Recording capacity: LCD monitor on — Approx. 210 shots (CIPA standard)
• LCD playback time: Approx. 4 hours per battery charge
• AC adapter (optional) AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC10

Body & Dimensions

• Dimensions: (W x H x D) 3.6 x 2.2 x 0.8 inches , excluding protrusions
• Weight: (w/o battery or SD card) 4.6 oz.