PowerShot A60 - Shopping Online

Overview

Powerful features, easy to use functions and high image quality. The PowerShot A60 digital camera features a powerful 3x optical zoom lens plus a high-resolution 2.0 Megapixel CCD, housed within a new compact and stylish body. Designed for a wide range of users, the camera combines ease-of-use with a host of advanced photographic features such as movie recording and playback with audio, 12 shooting modes and the Canon DIGIC Digital Imaging Processor.

Canon Powershot A60 Digicam

Features

Compact and stylish 2.0 Megapixel digital camera with Canon 3x optical zoom lens
12 shooting modes, from complete control to full automatic mode allowing manual selection of aperture and shutter speeds
Movie recording and playback with sound - 320 x 240
Versatile optional dedicated accessories (Waterproof Case, Supplementary Lenses)

LEADING TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED FEATURES

DIGIC Digital Imaging Processor combines camera controls and image signal processing to deliver better digital pictures.
High-speed AF and high-definition AE/AWB based on iSAPS technology.
Fast shutter speed - from 15s to 1/2000s.
Canon aspherical zoom lens produces sharp distortion-free images and macro photography up to 5cm.
Selectable five point AiAF (Artificial Intelligence Auto Focus) and 1-point AF ensures sharp, clear images.

INTELLIGENT PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTROL

High-precision white balance including Auto, five Preset Modes and a programmable custom setting.
Wide range of ISO-Equivalent speed settings (Auto/ISO50/100/200/400 equivalent).
Selectable Evaluative, Centre-weighted and Spot Metering for optimum exposure settings.
Intelligent AE determines optimum exposure.

FUN, EASY OPERATION

Ergonomic grip and cross-configured buttons ensure trouble free operation.
Five Photo Effects (Vivid Color, Neutral Color, Low Sharpen, Sepia, and Black & White).
'My Camera' function for customizable start-up image, start-up, operation, self timer and shutter sounds.
Movie recording and playback with audio up to 3 min.

CANON CONNECTIVITY

Direct photo printing with Canon CP Direct Digital Photo and Bubble Jet Direct Printers.
Supports Exif 2.2 tagging for DSC Image File format standard allowing superior print image processing.
Canon's complete image management software suite for fast and easy download, display, image management, email and printing of images, creating panoramic pictures and computer controlled image capture and storage.
Picture transfer protocol supports driver-less image transfer, viewing and deletion between camera and computer with newer operating systems. (Windows XP or Mac OS X v 10.1.)

What's Included

Wrist Strap WS-200
4 x AA Alkaline Batteries
AV Cable AVC-DC100
USB Interface Cable IFC-300PCU
Camera User Guide
Software Starter Guide
Quick Start Guide
Digital Camera Solution Disk - ZoomBrowser EX, PhotoRecord, ImageBrowser, PhotoStitch, RemoteCapture, File Viewer Utility, WIA and TWAIN Driver, USB Mounter, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple QuickTime, ArcSoft Camera Suite.

Specifications

Product Spec

Details

Size:

1/2.7 inch

Pixels:

Approx. 2.1 MP

Filter Array:

Primary color filter (Beyer)

Image Processor:

Processing:

DIGIC

Lens:

Focal Length (optical):

5.4 (W) - 16.2 (T) mm

35mm film equivalent:

35 - 105 mm

Maximum Aperture:

F2.8 (W) / 4.8 (T)

Construction:

9 elements in 7 groups (1 aspherical element)

Optical Zoom:

Approx. 3.0x

Digital Zoom:

Approx. 2.5x

Max Combined Zoom:

Approx. 7.5x

Focusing Method:

5-point AiAF / 1-point AF

Manual focus available, Manual Focus sets AF Lock.

Focusing Range:

Normal 46 cm - infinity

Macro 5 - 46 cm (W), 26 - 46 cm (T)

Manual focus 5cm - infinity (W), 26cm - infinity (T)

Shutter Speed :

15 - 1/2000 sec.

Sensitivity (Equivalent Film Speed):

Auto / ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 equivalent

Control/Balance:

Light Metering Method:

Evaluative / Spot / Center-weighted averaging

Exposure Control Method:

Program AE / Shutter Speed Priority AE / Aperture Priority AE / Manual

Exposure Compensation:

+/- 2 EV in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance Control:

TTL White Balance

White Balance Modes:

Auto + Pre-set (Daylight / Cloudy / Tungsten / Fluorescent / Fluorescent H) + Custom

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder:

Viewfinder:

Real-image zoom

LCD Monitor:

1.5 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD

Flash:

Flash Modes:

(Auto / flash On / flash Off) x (Red-eye reduction On/Off)

Flash Range Normal[at ISOAuto equiv.]:

46 cm - 4.2 m (W), 46 cm - 2.5 m (T), 26 - 46 cm (Macro)

Selectable Shooting Modes:

Shooting Modes:

Auto / Creative zone (Program / Shutter speed priority / Aperture priority / Manual) / Programmed image control zone (Portrait / Landscape / Night Scene / Fast shutter / Slow shutter / Stitch Assist / Movie)

Photo Effects Mode:

Vivid color / Neutral / Low sharpening / Sepia / Black & White

Continuous Shooting :

Normal:

Approx. 2.6 shots/sec. (Large/Fine mode, when LCD monitor is turned off)

Image Recording Format:

Image File Format:

Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant

Still image:

JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant)

Movie:

AVI Image data: Motion JPEG

Audio Data:

WAVE (monaural)

Compression Levels:

Super Fine / Fine / Normal

Recording Pixels:

Still Images:

Middle 1 1600 x 1200

Middle 2 1024 x 768

Small 640 x 480

Still Image Storage Capacity (with supplied memory):

Large:

Large/Super Fine 14 images

Large/Fine 26 images

Large/Normal 52 images

Middle:

Middle/Super Fine 25 images

Middle /Fine 46 images

Middle/Normal 84 images

Small:

Small/Super Fine 58 images

Small/Fine 94 images

Small/Normal 165 images

Movie Storage Capacity (with supplied memory):

Movie Middle:

320 x 240 Approx. 3 min. [max. approx. 3 min per recording]

Movie Small:

160 x 120 Approx. 3 min. [max. approx. 3 min per recording]

Frames Per Second:

Other Operations:

Playback Operations:

Single / Index (9 thumbnail images) / Slide Show / Movie Special Replay - Next frame, Previous frame, Fast forward, Rewind, First frame and Last frame / Magnify (2x - 10x)

File Operations:

DPOF - Print Order/Image transfer, Movie - unnecessary scenes can be erased. Sound Annotations - max. record/play time is approx. 60 sec

Direct Printing:

CP-100/CP-10, S820D/S830D/S530D/i70

Camera Settings:

Start-up image/ Start-up sound/ Shutter sound/ Operation sound and Self-timer sound (Creation of on-camera content).

Menu Languages:

12 languages (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese)

Self-timer:

Operates with approx. 2 sec. or approx. 10 sec. count-down.

Interface:

Computer I/F:

USB

Video Output:

NTSC or PAL selectable

Audio Output:

Monaural

Memory Storage:

Compact Flash

Supplied Memory:

16MB

Supported Operating Systems:

PC:

Windows 98 (including SE)/Me/2000/XP

Mac:

OS 9.0 - 9.2, OS X (Version 10.1/10.2)

Power Source:

Battery:

Size AA Alkaline battery (x4) or Size AA rechargeable NiMH battery (x4) (NB-1AH is recommended)

Charger/AC Adaptor:

Optional CBK-100 / AC Adaptor Kit ACK600 (contains CA-PS500)

Shooting Capacity (full charge):

LCD Monitor On:

Approx. 350 shots

LCD Monitor Off:

Approx. 1000 shots

Replay:

Approx. 280 min.

Operating Environment:

Temperature:

0 - 40 �C

Humidity:

10 - 90 %

Dimensions:

101 x 64 x 31.5 mm (ex. protruding parts)

Weight:

Approx. 215g (ex. batteries and CF card)