Canon PowerShot A3000 IS Digital Camera

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Canon PowerShot A3000 IS Digital Camera
Canon Powershot A3000 IS Digital Camera,
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash,
4x Optical/4x Digital/24x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System

Features

Thinly designed, powerful A-Series camera with 10.0 Megapixels and 4x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer that makes capturing that great shot even easier!
Lithium-ion battery makes the camera lighter and offers an easy alternative to recharge the battery.
New Scene Modes such as Super Vivid for additional bursts of color, and Poster Effect for a unique artistic look, which gives the shooter more creative freedom to capture images their way!
Smart AUTO will do the work for you by intelligently selecting the proper settings for the camera based on 18 predefined shooting situations.
Low Light mode for improved shooting in dimly lit situations.
Large, bright 2.7-inch LCD makes viewing images a breeze.

Specifications

Image Capture Device
Type
10.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)

Total Pixels
Approx. 10.6 Megapixels

Effective Pixels
Approx. 10.0 Megapixels


Lens
Focal Length
6.2 (W) - 24.8 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)

Digital Zoom
4x

Focusing Range
3 cm (1.2 in.) - infinity (W); 30 cm (12 in.) - infinity (T)
Macro: 3 - 60 (W), 30 - 60 cm (T) (1.2 in. - 2.0 ft. (W), (12 in. - 2.0 (T))

Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus


Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder
N/A

LCD Monitor
2.7-inch TFT color LCD

LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots

LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%


Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
f/2.7 (W) - f/5.6 (T)

Shutter Speed
1 - 1/1600 sec 15 - 1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)

Shutter speeds differ depending on the shooting mode
Shutter speeds availabe in Long Shutter: 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1 (unit: sec.)



Exposure Control
ISO Sensitivity
Auto*, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent
(*Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.)

Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
* Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF
** Metering frame is fixed to the center

Exposure Control Method
AE Lock

Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments


White Balance
White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
*Facial color is evaluated in Face AiAF.


Flash
Built-in Flash
Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro, Shutter Sync: 1st curtain, Smart Flash

Flash Range
30 cm - 4.0 m (W), 30 cm - 2.0 m (T) (12 in. - 13 ft. (W), 12 in. - 6.6 ft. (T))
Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance.


Recycling Time
10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)

Flash Exposure Compensation
N/A


Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes
P, Auto*, Easy, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, SCN**, Movie
*Automatically detects shooting scene
**Face Detection Self-Timer, Low Light, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter


Photo Effects
My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom*
* Adjustment of contrast, sharpness and saturation available.

Self-Timer
Approx. 10-sec delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom*
* Shooting start time (0-10 sec (in one-second increments), 15/20/30 sec.) and number of shots (1-10 (in one-second increments)) can be specified.

Wireless Control
N/A

Continuous Shooting
Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (approx. 2.1 shots/sec/ in Low Light)


Image Storage
Storage Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card

File Format
Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant

JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3648 x 2048 (Widescreen), 1600 x 1200 (Low Light)

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