| Camera Effective Pixels | Approx. 10.0 million |
| Image Sensor | 1 / 2.3-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels : Approx. 10.3 million pixels) |
| Lens | 5.0 (W) - 100.0 (T) mm
(35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) - 560 (T) mm)
f / 2.8 (W) - f / 5.7 (T) |
| Digital Zoom | Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 80x in combination with the optical zoom) |
| Viewfinder | 0.44-inch type TFT color, approx. 235,000 dots, picture coverage rate 100%
Dioptric adjustment : -6.0 to +2.0 m-1 (dpt) |
| LCD Monitor | : 2.5-inch type, TFT color LCD, 230,000 dots, picture coverage 100%
(Wide viewing angle and Vari-angle type) |
| AF System | TTL autofocus (continuous / single)
AF lock and manual focus are available
AF frame mode : Face Detect*1*2 / Center / FlexiZone*3
*1 AF frame can be moved and fixed to specified face.
*2 If no face is detected, Center (1-point) is used.
*3 AF frame size can be selected. |
Focusing Range
(From the front of the lens) | Normal : 50 cm (1.6 ft.) - infinity (W) / 1 m (3.3 ft.) - infinity (T)
Macro : 10 - 50 cm (W) (3.9 in. - 1.6 ft. (W))
Super Macro : 0 - 10 cm (0 - 3.9 in.) (W only)
Manual focus : 10 cm (3.9 in.) - infinity (W) / 1 m (3.3 ft.) - infinity (T)
Sports mode : 1 m (3.3 ft.) - infinity (W) / 4 m (13.1 ft.) - infinity (T) |
| Shutter | Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter |
| Shutter Speeds | 1 / 8 - 1 / 3200 sec.
15 - 1 / 3200 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Slow shutter speeds of 15 to 1.3 sec. or slower operate with noise reduction. |
| Image Stabilization | Lens-shift type
Continuous / Shoot Only* / Panning* / Off
*Still images only. |
| Metering System | Evaluative*1, Center-weighted average or Spot*2
*1 Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect AF.
*2 Fixed to center or linked to the AF frame. |
| Exposure Compensation | +/- 2 stops in 1 / 3-stop increments, Auto exposure bracketing (AEB), Safety Shift |
ISO speed
(Standard Output Sensitivity,
Recommended Exposure Index) | Auto*, High ISO Auto*, ISO 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600
* Camera automatically sets the optimal speed. |
| White Balance | Auto*, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom
* The colors of faces are evaluated in Face Detect AF. |
| Built-in Flash | Auto, on, off
Flash output compensation (+/- 2.0 stops in 1 / 3-stop increments), Red-Eye Correction, Red-Eye Reduction, flash output settings (3 steps), FE Lock, Slow Synchro, 2nd-curtain Synchro and Safety FE are available.
- Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect AF. |
| Built-In Flash Range | 550 cm - 5.2 m (1.6 in - 17.0 ft.) (W) / 1.0 m - 2.8 m (3.3 - 9.2 ft.) (T)
- Brightness of image periphery may reduce depending on shooting distance. |
| External Flash | : Flash output compensation (+/- 3.0 stops in 1 / 3-stop increments), Red-Eye Correction, Red-eye Reduction, flash output settings (19 levels*), FE Lock, Slow Synchro, 2nd-curtain Synchro, High-Speed Sync, Safety FE and wireless flash (On / Off) are available (580EX II only).
* 22 levels with 580EX II |
| Terminals for External Flash | : Hot shoe flash-sync contacts
Use of the following external flashes is recommended :
Canon Speedlite 220EX, 430EX II and 580EX II. |
| Shooting Modes | Auto
Creative zone :
 Program,  Shutter-speed priority,  Aperture priority,  Manual,  Custom
Image zone :
Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Sports, Special Scene*, Stitch Assist, Movie
* Night Scene, Indoor, Sunset, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, ISO 3200, Color Accent and Color Swap. |
| Continuous Shooting | Approx. 1.4 shots / sec.
Approx. 0.7 shots / sec. (Continuous Shooting AF)
Approx. 0.8 shots / sec. (Continuous Shooting LV)
Under the conditions where the flash does not fire automatically. |
| Self-timer | Approx. 10-sec. / approx. 2-sec. delay, custom or FaceSelf-timer |
| Recording Media | SD memory card / SDHC memory card / MultiMediaCard / MMCplus card / HC MMCplus card |
| File Format | Design rule for camera file system and DPOF compliant |
| Data Type | : Still images : Exif 2.2 (JPEG)*
: Movies : MOV (Image data : H.264; Audio data : Linear PCM (stereo))
: Sound Memo and Sound Recorder : WAVE (stereo)
* This digital camera supports Exif 2.2 (also called "Exif Print"). Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and printers.
By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camera's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. |
| Compression | Superfine, fine, normal |
Number of Recording Pixels
(Still images) | : Large : 3648 x 2736 pixels
Medium 1 : 2816 x 2112 pixels
Medium 2 : 2272 x 1704 pixels
Medium 3 : 1600 x 1200 pixels
Small : 640 x 480 pixels
Widescreen : 3648 x 2048 pixels |
Number of Recording Pixels
(Movies) | : 640 x 480 pixels (30 frames / sec.)
320 x 240 pixels (30 frames / sec.)
Recording can continue until the memory card is full (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB* at one time)
* Even if the file size has not reached 4 GB, the recording is stopped when the recording time reaches one hour.
Depending on memory card capacity and data write speed, recording may stop before the file size reaches 4 GB or the recording time reaches one hour. |
| Audio | : Quantization Bit Rate : 16 bit
Sampling Rate
Sound Memos : 11.025 kHz
Movies : 44.100 kHz
Sound Recorder : 11.025 kHz / 22.050 kHz / 44.100 kHz |
| Playback Modes | : Single (histogram displayable), Index (9 images), Magnified (approx. 2x to 10x max.), Resume Playback, Image Inspection Tool, Jump, My Category, Trimming, Movie Playback (editing / slowmotion playback possible), Rotate, Slide Show, Red-Eye Correction, i-Contrast, My Colors, Resize, Sound (recording / playback up to 1 min.), Sound Recorder (up to 2 hours sound-only recording / playback possible) or Protect. |
| Direct Print | PictBridge compliant, and Canon Direct Print and Bubble Jet Direct compatible |
| My Camera Settings | Start-up image, start-up sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and shutter sound. |
| Interface | : Hi-Speed USB (mini-B)
Audio / Video output (NTSC or PAL selectable, stereo audio) |
| Communication Settings | MTP, PTP |
| Power Source | AA-size alkaline batteries (included in the camera kit)
AA-size NiMH batteries (NB-3AH) (sold separately*)
* Supplied with the separately sold NiMH Battery NB4-300 set or the Battery and Charger Kit CBK4-300 Compact Power Adapter (CA-PS700) (sold separately) |
| Operating Temperatures | 0 - 40 deg C (32 - 104 deg F)
(when NB-3AH is used, 0 - 35 deg C (32 - 95 deg F)) |
| Operating Humidity | 10 - 90 % |
Dimensions
(excluding protrusions) | 124.0 x 88.3 x 86.9 mm (4.88 x 3.48 x 3.42 in.) |
Weight
(camera body only) | Approx. 560 g (19.8 oz.) |