Canon has today announced a new digital camera for the American market, the PowerShot A200. The A200 has a compact design with built-in (rotary-style) sliding lens cover over a 39mm-equivalent fixed focal-length lens. The 2.0 megapixel CCD imager gives JPEG images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels, in three different quality levels. Images are stored on Type-I CompactFlash cards, and power comes from 2 AA batteries.
Pricing and availability have not yet been revealed, however full specifications for the camera courtesy of Canon follow:
| Canon PowerShot A200 |
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| Imaging Sensor |
| Resolution | Approximately 2.0 million effective pixels |
| Recording Pixels | 1600 x 1200 |
| Sensor Type | Interline CCD, with primary RGB filtration |
| Sensor Size | 1/3.2-inch diagonal; 4.48mm (w) x 3.38mm (h) |
| Pixel Size | 2.75 microns square |
| Lens |
| Focal Length | 5mm ƒ2.8 (equivalent to 39mm in 35mm film format) |
| Zoom ratio | no optical zooming / 4x digital zoom |
| Optical construction | 5 elements in 5 groups (one Aspherical element) |
| Closest focusing distance | 7.9 inches / 20cm (normal shooting)
2 inches / 5cm (macro mode) |
| Autofocus | Three-point TTL system (or user-selectable Center AF point) |
| Special focus settings | - Macro
- Landscape (sharp focus 17 feet / 5m ~ infinity)
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| Image Recording |
| JPEG image recording | 8-bit JPEG; Three compression settings (“Super Fine”, “Fine”, “Normal”) |
| RAW file recording | none |
| Data recording format | DCF (Design rule for Camera File system); DPOF v. 1.1 (Digital Print Order Format) |
| Reduced resolution options | 1024 x 768 (Medium)
640 x 480 (Small) |
| Storage media | CompactFlash cards, Type I only |
| Shooting Controls |
| Exposure modes | Program AE only |
| Photo Effects settings | Allows user to make adjustments on a shot-by-shot basis - Vivid color (added saturation)
- Neutral color (reduced color intensity)
- Sepia (produces a brownish sepia-toned appearance)
- Black & White
- Low Sharpening (reduced level of in-camera sharpening)
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| Metering | Evaluative (linked to active AF point) |
| Exposure compensation | +/- up to 2 stops, 1.3-stop increments |
| ISO sensitivity | - Auto (automatically adjusted from ISO 50 ~ 150)
- ISO 50, 100, 200, and 400 settings (user-set)
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| Shutter speed range | 1 second ~ 1/2,000 |
| White Balance | Two options available: - TTL auto white balance (determined by camera)
- Pre-set white balance (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H)
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| Performance |
| Continuous shooting speed | up to 2 fps in Large/Fine mode; requires LCD monitor be turned off |
| Shutter release time lag | approx. 0.08 seconds (when shutter button fully pressed from half-way point of its travel) |
| Viewfinder & LCD |
| Optical viewfinder | Inverted Galilean design; approx. 80% coverage |
| LCD monitor | Can be used as viewfinder during shooting, or for image review |
| LCD size | 1.5 inches / 38mm diagonal |
| LCD resolution | 117,600 effective pixels (490 x 240) |
| LCD coverage | 100% |
| Special features | Enlarged playback (2x ~ 10x) |
| Digital zoom | Continuous, up to 4x possible (400x300 pixel resolution at maximum digital zoom) |
| Movie mode |
| Resolution | - 320 x 240 (QVGA); up to 9 seconds in duration (no sound recording)
- 160 x 120 (Q2VGA); up to 26 seconds duration (no sound recording)
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| Movie framing rate | 20fps |
| Movie playback | On camera’s LCD monitor, or within Mac/Windows PC using Apple QuickTime™ software (v. 4.1 or higher required) |
| Movie file format | .AVI |
| Flash |
| Built-in flash | yes; automatic firing, auto w/ red-eye reduction, flash ON, flash OFF, Slow Sync |
| Maximum distance | 6.7 ft / 2.1m (at ISO 100) |
| Recycle time | approx. 10 seconds or less |
| Compatible E-TTL accessory Speedlite | none |
| Flash sync speeds | 1/30 and faster (normal flash modes); 1 second and faster in Slow Sync mode |
| Slow-sync flash with balanced fill | Possible with flash in Slow Sync mode; set on LCD monitor via push-button |
| Computer Interface |
| Direct-connection to computer | USB; via dedicated Canon USB cable IFC-300 PCU (supplied w/ camera) |
| Direct printing |
| Direct printing, without computer | Compatible with Canon CP-10 and CP-100 printers
(printer driver is built into camera; menu appears on camera’s LCD monitor) |
| Battery |
| Type | - (two) AA-size alkaline batteries
- (two) AA-size Ni-MH rechargeable batteries
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| Shooting capacity, alkaline AAs | LCD off - approx. 300 images; LCD on - approx. 90 images (@ 73° F / 23° C) |
| Shooting capacity, Ni-MH AAs | LCD off - approx. 550 images; LCD on - approx. 200 images
(with Canon NB-1AH batteries, same temperatures as above ) |
| LCD playback time | Alkaline AAs - approx. 90 minutes; Ni-MH AAs - approx. 120 minutes |
| AC adapter | Optional AC Adapter Kit ACK 800; includes AC adapter CA-PS800 |
| Body & Dimensions |
| Body colors | (front & top): Gray metallic finish |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 inches (110 x 58 x 36.6mm) |
| Weight (w/o battery or CF card) | 5.64 oz. (160g) |
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Canon announces PowerShot A200 digital camera!
