Canon PowerShot A80
Features
- 4 megapixel sensor creates 2,272 x 1,704 images for photo-quality prints at 11 x 14 and beyond
- 3x optical plus 3.6x digital zoom (for 11x total)
- Twisting LCD for shots at any angle; up to 3-minute videos with sound; 9-point AiAF
- Compatible with Type I CompactFlash memory cards; includes 32 MB card
- Powered by 4 AA batteries (alkalines included, rechargeables recommended); connects to PCs and Macs via USB 1.1
Product Description From Amazon.com:
Featuring a high-tech design with aluminum front cover and metallic handgrip, the Canon PowerShot A80 combines a sense of both the modern and the traditional. Despite its entry-level designation in Canon's digital lineup, the easy-to-operate, 4-megapixel PowerShot A80 is a surprisingly advanced model with sophisticated optics and manual controls. It also features a twisting LCD screen.
Specifications
| Image Capture Device Type: | 1/1.8 inch Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) |
| Effective Pixels: | Approx. 4.0 million |
| Lens Focal Length: | 7.8- 23.4mm, f/2.8- 4.9 zoom Lens (35mm film equivalent: 38- 114mm) |
| Digital Zoom: | 3.6x |
| Focusing Range: | Normal AF: 1.5 ft. - infinity/45cm - infinity; Macro AF: 2 in. - 1.5 ft./5cm - 45cm (WIDE), 9.8 in. - 1.5 ft./25cm - 45cm (TELE) |
| Autofocus: | 9-point AiAF/ 1-point AF (Fixed to center) |
| Optical Viewfinder: | Real-image optical zoom viewfinder |
| LCD Monitor: | 1.5 inches amorphous sillicon TFT color LCD With variable-angle function |
| LCD Pixels: | Approx. 67,000 pixels [521 (H) x 218 (V)] |
| LCD Coverage: | 100 percent |
| Maximum Aperture: | f/2.8/ 8.0 (W), f/4.9/ 8.0 (T) |
| Shutter Speed: | 15 - 1/2,000 seconds, Slow shutter of 1.3 sec. and more operates with noise reduction |
| Exposure Control Sensitivity: | AUTO/ ISO 50/ 100/ 200/ 400 (Equivalent to ISO) |
| Light Metering Method: | Evaluative/ Center-weighted average/ Spot |
| Exposure Control Method: | Program AE/Aperture or Shutter-priority AE/Manual |
| White Balance Control: | Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent or Fluorescent H) or Custom |
| Built-in Flash: | Operation Modes: Auto, Red-eye Reduction On/ Off, Slow-Sync |
| Flash Range: | WIDE: 1.5 ft. - 14 ft. (45cm - 4.4m), TELE: 1.5 ft.- 8.2 ft. (45cm - 2.5m), Macro: 9.8 in. - 1.5 ft./25cm - 45cm, (When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent) |
| Recycling Time: | Approx. 10 seconds or shorter |
| Shooting Modes: | Auto, Creative (P, Av, Tv, M, Custom 1, Custom 2), Programmed Image Control Zone, Image (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Stitch Assist, Movie) |
| Self-Timer: | Operates with approx. 2 sec. or approx 10 sec. count-down |
| Continuous Shooting: | Approx. 2.4 shots/ sec. (Large/ Fine Mode and LCD monitor is Off) |
| Photo Effects: | Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and Black and White |
| Storage Media: | CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I |
| Print Order Format: | Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Version 1.1 |
| Image Recording Format: Still Image: | JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant) |
| JPEG Compression Mode: | SuperFine, Fine or Normal |
| Number of Recording Pixels: | Still image: Large: 2,272 x 1,704, Medium 1: 1,600 x 1,200, Medium 2: 1,024 x 768, Small: 640 x 480, Movie: 320 x 240 or 160 x 120 |
| Number of Recordable Images (Quality, File Size(KB), Resolution(pixels), 32MB Card, 64MB Card, 256 MB Card): | Large / SuperFine - 2,002, 2,272 x 1,704, 14, 30, 123; Large / Fine - 1,116, 2,272 x 1,704, 27, 54, 222; Large / Normal - 556, 2,272 x 1,704,54, 110, 443; Medium 1/ SuperFine - 1,002, 1,600 x 1,200, 30, 61, 246; Medium 1/ Fine - 558, 1,600 x 1,200, 54, 109, 440; Medium 1/ Normal - 278, 1,600 x 1,200, 108, 217, 868; Medium 2/ SuperFine - 570, 1,024 x 768, 53, 107, 431; Medium 2/ Fine - 320, 1,024 x 768, 94, 189, 762; Medium 2/ Normal - 170, 1,024 x 768, 174, 349, 1,390; Small / SuperFine - 249, 640 x 480, 120, 241, 962; Small / Fine - 150, 640 x 480, 196, 393, 1,563; Small / Normal - 84, 640 x 480, 337, 676, 2,720 |
| Time of Recordable Movie(Quality, Resolution(pixels), 32MB Card, 64MB Card, 128MB Card, 250MB Card): | Movie / High - 320 x 240, 91 seconds, 183 seconds, 386 seconds, 735 seconds; Movie / Low - 160 x 120, 242 seconds, 486 seconds, 973 seconds, 1,954 seconds |
| Playback Modes File: | Single, Index (9 thumbnail images), Magnification (approx. 2.0x to 10x), Slide Show or Movie |
| Erase Modes: | Still images: Single Image, All Images; Movie: Part of movie, All of movie |
| Computer Interface: | Universal Serial Bus (USB) (mini-B jack) |
| Video Out: | NTSC or PAL |
| Audio Out: | Monaural |
| Power Source: | AA-size Batteries (Alkaline, Rechargeable NiMH)(x4); Compact Power Adapter (CA-PS500) -- NOTE:adapter not included |
| Power Supply Shooting Capacity(Battery Type, Number of Shots LCD on, Number of Shots LCD off): | AA ALKALINE - Approx. 250, Approx. 800; AA NIMH - Approx. 350, Approx. 1000 |
| Playback Time: | Approx. 280 minutes (under Canon's standard conditions*2 with full-charged battery) |
| Operating Temperature: | 32 - 104 degrees F (0 - 40 degrees C) |
| Operating Humidity: | 10 - 90 percent |
| Dimensions (W x H x D): | 4.1 x 2.5 x 1.4 inches / 103.1 x 64.4 x 34.7 mm (Excluding protrusions) |
| Weight: | Approx. 8.8 ounces / 250 g (camera body only) |
| Windows System Requirements: | Computer Model: IBM PC/AT compatible, OS: Microsoft Windows 98 (including Second Edition)/ Me/ 2000/ XP, CPU: Pentium 150MHz or higher processor (Windows 98/ Me/ 2000), Pentium 300MHz or higher processor (Windows XP), Interface: USB (Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP pre-install model only). |
| Macintosh System Requirements: | Computer Model: Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac, eMac or iBook, OS: OS 9.0 - 9.2 or OSX 10.1 - 10.2, CPU: PowerPC, Interface: USB (Models with Apple genuine USB interface only). |