Canon PowerShot A40 PowerShot A40/A30 Camera User Guide - Page 165

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Specifications All data is based on Canon's standard testing methods. Subject to change without notice. PowerShot A40 / PowerShot A30 Camera A40 : Approx. 2 million effective pixels A30 : Approx. 1.2 million Image A40 : 1/2.7 in. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 2.1 million) Sensor A30 : 1/2.7 in. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 1.3 million) Lens : 5.4 (W) - 16.2 (T) mm (35 mm film equivalent: 35 - 105 mm), F 2.8 (W) - 4.8 (T) Digital Zoom A40 : Maximum 2.5× (Maximum 7.5× with optical zoom) A30 : Maximum 2.0× (Maximum 6× with optical zoom) Optical Viewfinder : Primary imaging real-image optical zoom viewfinder LCD Monitor : 1.5-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD, approx. 120,000 pixels Autofocus Focusing Range : TTL 3 point AiAF/TTL 1 point center AF Focus lock possible : Normal : 76 cm (2.5 ft.) - ∞ Macro : 16 - 76 cm (6.3 in. - 2.5 ft.) (W)/ 26 - 76 cm (10.2 in. - 2.5 ft.) (T) Shutter : Mechanical + electronic Shutter Speed : 15 - 1/1500 sec. • 15 - 1.3 sec. in manual mode with the flash off or in slow synchro mode. • Noise reduction processing on speeds slower than 1.3 sec. Light Metering Method : Evaluative metering (linked to focusing point) / Spot metering Exposure Control : Program AE (Auto and Program modes only) Exposure Compensation : ±2 EV (1/3 steps) (W): wide angle (T): telephoto 161

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All data is based on Canon’s standard testing methods.
Subject to change without notice.
PowerShot A40 / PowerShot A30
Camera
A40
: Approx. 2 million
effective pixels
A30
: Approx. 1.2 million
Image
A40 :
1/2.7 in. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 2.1
million)
Sensor
A30 :
1/2.7 in. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 1.3
million)
Lens
: 5.4 (W) – 16.2 (T) mm
(35 mm film equivalent: 35 – 105 mm), F 2.8 (W) – 4.8 (T)
Digital Zoom
A40
: Maximum 2.5
×
(Maximum 7.5
×
with optical zoom)
A30
: Maximum 2.0
×
(Maximum 6
×
with optical zoom)
Optical Viewfinder
: Primary imaging real-image optical zoom viewfinder
LCD Monitor
: 1.5-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT
color LCD, approx. 120,000 pixels
Autofocus
: TTL 3 point AiAF/TTL 1 point center AF Focus lock
possible
Focusing Range
: Normal : 76 cm (2.5 ft.) –
Macro
: 16 – 76 cm (6.3 in. – 2.5 ft.) (W)/
26 – 76 cm (10.2 in. – 2.5 ft.) (T)
Shutter
: Mechanical + electronic
Shutter Speed
: 15 – 1/1500 sec.
15 – 1.3 sec. in manual mode with the flash off or
in slow synchro mode.
Noise reduction processing on speeds slower
than 1.3 sec.
Light Metering
: Evaluative metering (linked to focusing point) /
Method
Spot metering
Exposure Control
: Program AE (Auto and Program modes only)
Exposure
: ±2 EV (1/3 steps)
Compensation
(W): wide angle
(T): telephoto
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