| Colour |
BLACK |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
1 Years Cover included |
| 2.6 inches LCD screen |
For composition and colour viewing of your shots. |
| DIGIC 111 processor |
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| Full manual controls |
This
means that you can choose exactly how much exposure you want, as well
as aperture and shutter. This may result in p oor quality images for
amateur phographers however, so use w ith caution. |
| All-metal body |
The camera has a metal body and is weather-proof. |
| Optical viewfinder |
Allows composition without the need for the LCD screen, so saving battery power. |
| Rechargeable lithium-ion battery and charger |
Rechargeable, compact sized battery with no memory effect so they can be recharged at any time. Charger also supplied. |
| 500 shots per charge |
The average number of pictures which can be taken with the c ameras battery life. |
| Auto & 100-1600 ISO rating |
This
number indicate the cameras sensitivity to light. The h igher the
sensitivity the less light is needed to make an ex posure. |
| 12 shooting modes |
The amount of scene modes that can be selected e.g. portrait , landscape, etc. |
| 30-1/4000 seconds shutter speed range (secs) |
Available shutter speeds. |
| SD/SDHC memory card slot |
Principal card format of the camera |
| 22.2x148 mm CMOS image sensor |
This is very important in determining the quality of the pho tograph. The larger the sensor, the better. |
| 7 point autofocus |
The higher the number, the greater the accuracy of the autof ocus mechanism. |
| Autofocus lock |
This
allows you to set-up the focus automatically, but then lock it in place
so that it retains the same focus even if y ou move the camera. |
| Manual exposure control |
Allows manual override of the cameras automatic exposure system. Especially useful in tricky lighting situations. |
| Shutter-priority mode |
This
is a semi-manual mode that gives priority to the shutte r speed you
choose. The camera then selects the right apertu re to ensure enough
light to expose the image. |
| Aperture-priority mode |
To override the camcorders automatic focus, thus narrowing o r widening the cameras depth-of-field. |
| Also takes black-and-white images |
This lets you take pictures in black and white if you so wis h. |
| 16:9 widescreen mode |
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| 3.5-5.6 maximum aperture |
This
determines the depth of focus. The higher the f-stop, the farther the
field of focus. If you go for a lower f-sto p ie with a narrower
aperture, only closer subjects will be in focus. |
| Time and date stamp |
This ensures you can catalogue when your images were taken. |
| PictBridge-compatible |
PictBridge
is the technology that lets you transfer pictures from your digital
camera to your printer, without a PC or im age editing software. The
printer must also be PictBridge c ompatible. |
| On-screen histogram |
Shows the hues and contrast of an image. |
| Compatible with Macs |
This Digital Camera is compatible with Mac computers. |
| AV out connection |
Audio Visual connection. |
| Video out connection |
Allows you to connect your camera to your TV. |
| Downloading and editing software included |
Both editing and download software is supplied with this camera |
| PC download software included |
Download your images to a PC to edit, e-mail or print. |
| Automatic ISO |
Automatically adjusts the ISO for each shot. |
| USB cable supplied |
Faster downloading when connected to a USB port on your PC. |
| AV cable supplied |
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| Manual focus |
For full focusing control. |
| 18-55 mm focal length (35mm equiv.) |
This
describes the variable length of the lens. The shorter the lower limit,
the wider the angle, which means you get a greater field of vision. The
longer the upper limit, the gre ater the telephoto zoom lens is, which
means that you can zo om further. |
| 3 flash modes |
Allows the flash to be switched off, or forced in various situations to give the desired creative result. |
| Continuous shooting |
The camera will continue to take photographs whilst the shutter button is depressed. Ideal for capturing sports events. |
| 3 exposure metering modes |
Metering is the cameras way of deciding how much light to u se. It does this by measuring the distance to the subject. |
| EF-S lens |
The lens is the eye of the camera so the better the lens the better the quality of the image. |
| Red-eye reduction |
Reduces
the possibility of red eyes by sending out a flash, or beam of light to
reduce the pupil size before the main flash fires. |
| Playback zoom |
Allows area of the picture to be enlarged during playback. |
| Autofocus |
Automatically keeps the subject in sharp focus. |
| 0.28 m minimum focusing distance |
For close-up photography. In some instances, a Macro mode may need to be switched on to achieve this distance. |
| Automatic flash |
Fires automatically when the light is low. |
| White balance adjustment |
Ensures that whites are correctly reproduced in tricky lighting situations. |
| Self-timer |
Allows you to get into your own photos. |
| Auto power-off |
Switches the camera off if not in use. |
| Saves images as JPEG files |
Records images as JPEG files for use in PC applications. |
| View saved images as thumbnails |
To view several images at once on the LCD screen. |
| Battery level display |
Shows when the battery is due to be recharged or replaced. |
| 126.1x97.5x mm dimensions (W x H x D) |
Size of camera |
| 450 g weight |
The weight of the projector. |
| Neck strap included |
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| 10.1 effective megapixels |
The
higher the number of megapixels (million pixels) the better and sharper
the image quality and the more you can increase the size of your photo
before it loses quality. |
| Slideshow playback |
Plays back each shot in order as a slideshow. |
