Canon A410 Digital Camera
The New Canon A410 Digital Camera is a entry-level digital camera for first time buyers, it's main features include a 3.2 megapixel CCD image sensor, smooth continuous shooting up to 2.5 fps for the entire capacity of the SD or MMC memory card, 3.2x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 5.4-17.3mm (35mm film equivalent: 41-131mm) and a 1.5-inch LCD screen.
The Canon A410 digital camera comes equipped with eight Special Scene modes, including Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Foliage, Snow, Beach and Fireworks and five Photo Effect modes, including Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, and Black & White. What's more, the Canon PowerShot A410 digital camera is capable of recording VGA movies, so 10-year old Sue can capture movies of her friends during sleepovers.
Yukiaki Hashimoto of Canon says:
"For three years now, Canon has remained America's number one choice(1) for digital cameras with the A70 model in 2003, the A75 model in 2004 and now the A510 digital camera in 2005. We are building upon the success with our new Canon A410 Digital Camera."
So what do you get?:
The Canon PowerShot A410 Kit includes the same software bundle as the A620/A610 cameras, plus Interface Cable IFC-400PCU, Wrist Strap WS-800, two AA alkaline batteries, and a multimedia card MMC-16M. Optional accessories include NiMH Rechargeable Battery Kit NB4-200, Battery and Charger kit CBK4-200, AC Adapter Kit ACK800, Soft Compact Case PSC-80 and High Power Flash HF-DC1.
Canon PowerShot A410 Specifications:
| CCD: | |
| Size: | 1/3.2 inch |
| Effective Number of Pixels: | Approx. 3.2 MP |
| Total Number of Pixels: | Approx. 3.3 MP |
| Filter Array: | Primary colour filter (Bayer) |
| Image Processor: | |
| Processing: | DiG!C II |
| Lens: | |
| Focal Length (optical): | 5.4 (W) - 17.3 (T) mm |
| 35mm film equivalent: | 41 (W) - 131 (T) mm |
| Maximum Aperture: | f/2.8 (W/T) |
| f/number: | f/2.8 (W/T), f/5.1 (W/T) |
| Shutter Speed : | 1 - 1/2,000 sec. |
| Sensitivity (Equivalent Film Speed): | Auto / ISO 50 /100 / 200 equivalent |
| Construction: | 7 elements in 6 groups |
| Optical zoom : | Approx. 3.2x |
| Digital Zoom: | Approx. 3.2x |
| Focusing Method: | 5-point AiAF / 1-point AF (Fixed in centre) |
| Focusing Range: | Normal 47cm - Infinity Macro 5 - 47cm (W), 25 - 47cm (T) Infinity 3m - Infinity |
| Control/Balance: | |
| Light Metering Method: | Evaluation / Centre-weighted averaging / Spot (Metering frame when Spot is centre fixed) |
| Exposure Control Method: | Program AE |
| Exposure Compensation: | +/- 2 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 viewfinder |
| LCD Monitor: | 1.5 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT colour LCD |
| Flash: | |
| Flash Modes: | Auto / Red-eye reduction on / flash On / flash Off / Slow-synchro |
| Flash Range Normal [at ISO Auto equiv.]: | 47 cm -3.0 m |
| Selectable Shooting Modes: | |
| Shooting Modes: | Auto / Manual / Super Macro / My Colours / Stitch Assist / Special Scene/ Movie |
| Special Scene : | Portrait / Foliage / Snow / Beach / Fireworks / Indoor / Kids and Pets / Night Snapshot |
| My Colours : | Positive Film / Lighter Skin Tone / Darker Skin Tone / Vivid Blue / Vivid Green / Vivid Red /Colour Accent / Colour Swap. |
| Photo Effects Mode: | Vivid / Neutral / Low sharpening / Sepia / Black & White / Off |
| Continuous Shooting : | |
| Normal: | Approx. 2.5 shots/sec. (Large/Fine mode) |
| Image Recording Format: | |
| Image File Format: | Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant |
| Still image: | JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant) |
| Colour Space : | Standard (sRGB) |
| Movie : | Motion JPEG |
| JPEG Compression Levels: | Super Fine / Fine / Normal |
| Recording Pixels Still Images: | |
| Large: | 2048 x 1536 |
| Medium 1: | 1600 x 1200 |
| Medium 2: | 1024 x 768 |
| Small: | 640 x 480 |
| Postcard Date Imprint: | 1600 x 1200 (compression is set to Fine) |
| Recording Pixels Movie Images: | |
| Large (VGA): | 640 x 480(10fps) |
| Medium (QVGA): | 320 x 240(20fps) |
| Small (QQVGA): | 160 x 120(15fps) |
| Still Image Storage Capacity (with supplied memory): | |
| Large: | Large/Super Fine 9 images Large/Fine 16 images Large/Normal 33 images |
| Middle: | Middle1/Super Fine 14 images Middle1/Fine 26 images Middle1/Normal 50 images Middle2/Super Fine 25 images Middle2/Fine 45 images Middle2/ Normal 80 images |
| Small: | Small/Super Fine 56 images Small/Fine 88 images Small/ Normal 138 images |
| Movie Storage Capacity (with supplied memory): | |
| Movie Large (VGA): | 640 x 480 Approx. 23 sec. 10 fps |
| Movie Middle (QVGA): | 320 x 240 Approx. 33 sec. 20 fps |
| Movie Small (QQVGA): | 160 x 120 Approx. 1min 47 sec. 15 fps |
| Frames per second: | 20, 15 or 10 depending on resolution |
| Other Operations: | |
| Playback Operations: | Single / Index (9 thumbnail images)/ Auto Play / Movie - Normal Playback, Pause, |
| First frame, Last frame, Frame forward, Frame back, Fast forward, Fast rewind / Magnify (2x -10x).: | |
| File Operations : | DPOF - Print Order/Image transfer, Movie - unnecessary scenes can be erased. |
| Direct Printing: | Yes |
| PictBridge: | Yes |
| Print/Share Button: | Yes |
| ID Photo Print: | Yes (with compatible Canon Card Photo printers) |
| Movie Print: | Yes (with compatible Canon Card Photo printers) |
| Menu Languages: | 22 languages English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Czech, |
| Self-timer: | Approx. 10 sec./approx. 2 sec.
delay, or custom* * Shooting start time (0 − 10 sec. in one-second increments, 15 sec./20 sec./30 sec.) and the number of shots (1 − 10 shots (one-shot increments) can be specified. |
| Interface: | |
| Computer I/F: | USB |
| Memory Storage: | SD Memory Card / MultiMedia Card. |
| Supplied Memory: | 16MB MultiMedia Card |
| Supported Operating Systems: | |
| PC: | Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 SP4, XP(Incl. SP1/SP2) |
| Mac: | Mac OS X v10.2 - v10.4 |
| Inclusions: | |
| Software: | Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk, Arcsoft Camera Suite Disk |
| Power Source: | |
| Battery: | Size AA Alkaline battery (x2) or Size AA rechargeable NiMH battery (x2) |
| Optional Charger/AC Adapter: | CBK4-200 / AC Adaptor Kit ACK800 (contains CA-PS800) |
| Shooting Capacity (full charge): | |
| LCD Monitor On: | Approx. 400 shots |
| LCD Monitor Off: | Approx. 1000 shots |
| Replay: | Approx 16hrs by NB-2AH |
| Operating Environment: | |
| Temperature: | 0 - 40 °C |
| Humidity: | 10 - 90 % |
| Dimensions (W x D x H): | 103 x 40.3 x 51.8 mm (ex. protruding parts) |
| Weight: | Approx. 150g (camera body only) |
Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on August 22, 2005 10:38 PM
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