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Canon PowerShot Pro Series S3 IS

Canon PowerShot Pro S3 IS Description

The sleek PowerShot S3 IS digital camera offers you high resolution, an extra-long zoom, advanced yet easy-to-use movie functions plus great new shooting options. Also, with Image Stabilizer technology, images and movies taken with the S3 IS are sharp and smooth, even when the camera gets jostled. It's everything you need to capture the fun, excitement and beauty of your active life - wherever it takes you!

Successor to the popular PowerShot S2 IS, the latest addition to the PowerShot S-series incorporates a 6.0-megapixel CCD sensor, Canon's renowned optical Image Stabilizer technology, and video functionality rivalling that of dedicated digital video camcorders. Sporting a striking new finish in gunmetal grey, the compact PowerShot S3 IS answers the demands of advanced photographers with several improvements over its predecessor, including an increased sensitivity range of ISO 80 to ISO 800, a larger 2.0-inch vari-angle LCD screen, widescreen (16:9) recording, new movie features, and an additional Sports mode.

Technical Details

Type of camera: Compact digital camera with built-in flash, 12x optical/4x digital zoom

Image capture device: 6.0-megapixel, 1/2.5-inch type charge coupled device (CCD)

Total pixels: Approximately 6.2 megapixels

Effective pixels: Approximately 6.0 megapixels

Lens focal length: 6.0-72.0mmm f2.7-3.5 (35mm film equivalent: 36-432mm)

Digital zoom: 4x

Focusing range: Normal: 1.6 feet/50 centimeters to infinity (wide), 3.0 feet/90 centimeters to infinity (telephoto); macro: 3.9 inches to 1.6 feet/10 to 50 centimeters (wide); super macro: 0 to 3.9 inches/0 to 10 centimeters (wide)

Autofocus system: TTL autofocus (continuous/single)

Viewfinders: Optical viewfinder, low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color viewfinder

LCD monitor: 2.0-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD with variable-angle function

LCD pixels: Approximately 115,000 pixels

LCD coverage: 100%

Maximum aperture: f2.7 (wide) to f3.5 (telephoto)

Shutter speed: 15 second to 1/3200 second (settable in Tv or M)

Sensitivity: Auto, high ISO auto, ISO 80, 100, 200, 400, 800 equivalent

Light metering method: Evaluative, center-weighted average, spot metering frame is fixed to the center or linked to the AF frame

Exposure control method: Program AE, shutter speed-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, manual; AE lock is available

Exposure compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White balance control: Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), Custom

Built-in flash

Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On with Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off

Flash range: Normal: 1.6 to 17 feet/50 centimters to 5.2 meters (wide), 3.0 to 13 feet/90 centimeters to 4.0 meters (telephoto); macro: 1.0 to 1.6 feet/30 to 50 centimeters (wide) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)

Recycling time: 12 seconds or less (battery voltage=6.0V)

Flash exposure compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

Shooting modes: Auto; Creative: P, Av, Tv, M, C; Image: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Sports, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap), My Colors, Stitch Assist, Movie

Photo effects: Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black and White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom Color

Self-timer: Activates shutter after an approximately 2 second/10 second delay, custom

Wireless control: Not available

Continuous shooting: High-speed: approximately 2.3 frames per second (fps)

Normal: approximately 1.5 fps: Image storage

Storage media: SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard

File format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1

Image compression: Still image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG); movie: AVI (Image: motion JPEG; audio: WAVE (Stereo))

JPEG compression mode: Normal, Fine, SuperFine

Number of recording pixels: Still immage: 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 2,272 x 1,704 (Medium 1), 2,816 x 2,112 (Large), 2,816 x 1,584 (Widescreen); movie: 640 x 480 (30 fps/15 fps) / 320 x 240 (60 fps/30 fps/15 fps) available up to 1GB

Playback modes file: Still image: Single, Magnification (approximately 2x-10x), Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Histogram, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Slide Show; movie: Normal Playback, Special Playback, Editing

Erase modes: Still image: single image, all images; movie: part of movie, all of movie

Computer Interface: USB 2.0 hi-speed (mini-B jack)

Video out: NTSC/PAL

Audio out: Stereo

Other interfaces: Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers, and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 hi-speed cable

Power source: AA-size Alkaline Battery (x 4); rechargeable AA-size Ni-MH Battery (x 4); compact power adapter CA-PS700

Shooting capacity: Still image: approximately 110 shots (AA-size alkaline battery), approximately 550 shots (AA-size Ni-MH battery)

Playback time: Approximately 780 minches (AA-size alkaline battery), approximately 900 minches (AA-size Ni-MH battery)

Operating temperature: 32 to 104 degrees F/0 to 40 degrees C

Operating humidity: 10 to 90%

Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.46 x 3.07 x 2.97 inches / 113.4 x 78.0 x 75.5mm

Weight: Approximately 14.5 ounces/410 grams (camera body only)

What's in the box: PowerShot S3 IS body, AA-size alkaline battery (x 4), SD memory card SDC-16MB, lens cap, neck strap NS-DC4, digital camera solution CD-ROM, USB interface cable IFC-400PCU, stereo video cable STV-250N