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Canon PowerShot Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras Feature Comparison Chart
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Key Features |
Canon PowerShot SD880 IS |
Canon PowerShot SD780 IS |
Canon PowerShot A2100 IS |
Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS |
Canon PowerShot A1100 IS |
Canon PowerShot A480 |
| Choice of Designer Colors |
Silver
Gold |
Black
Silver
Red
Gold |
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Dark Gray
Blue
Pink
Green
Light Gray
Orange |
Gray
Blue
Green
Pink |
Silver
Black
Blue
Red |
| CCD (Effective Pixels) 1 |
Approx. 10.0 million |
Approx. 12.1 million CCD |
Approx. 12.1 million CCD |
Approx. 10.0 million |
Approx. 12.1 million CCD |
Approx. 10.0 million |
| Maximum Resolution (pixels) |
3648 x 2736 |
4000 x 3000 |
4000 x 3000 |
3648 x 2736 |
4000 x 3000 |
3648 x 2736 |
| MMC/SD Card Storage Media 2 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| High Speed USB 2.0 Interface 3 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Zoom Lens 4 |
4x Optical, 16x Digital |
3x Optical, 12x Digital |
6x Optical, 24x Digital |
3x Optical, 12x Digital |
4x Optical, 16x Digital |
3.3x Optical, 13x Digital |
| LCD Monitor, pixel count 5 |
3.0", 230k |
2.5", 230k |
3.0", 230k |
2.5", 230k |
2.5", 115k |
2.5", 115k |
| DIGIC III / DIGIC 4 Image Processor 6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
III |
| iSAPS Technology 7 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Built-In Flash 8 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
Key Features |
Canon PowerShot SD880 IS |
Canon PowerShot SD780 IS |
Canon PowerShot A2100 IS |
Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS |
Canon PowerShot A1100 IS |
Canon PowerShot A480 |
| Direct Print 9 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Selectable Light Metering 10 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB Technology 11 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Optical Image Stabilizer 12 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Servo AF 13 |
x |
x |
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| Intelligent Contrast Correction 14 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Motion Detection Technology 15 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| DV-Quality/ HD Movies 16 |
DV-Quality |
HD |
DV-Quality |
DV-Quality |
DV-Quality |
DV-Quality |
| Program Auto Exposure |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Shutter Speeds |
15 - 1/1,600 sec. |
15 - 1/1,500 sec. |
15 - 1/1,600 sec. |
15 - 1/1,500 sec. |
15 - 1/1,600 sec. |
15 - 1/2,000 sec. |
| Sensitivity (ISO equivalent) |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) |
3.69" x 2.24" x 0.93" |
3.43" x 2.15" x 0.72" |
4.0" x 2.5" x 1.3" |
3.5" x 2.2" x 0.9" |
3.8" x 2.5" x 1.2" |
3.6" x 2.4" x 1.2" |
| Weight (approx.) Excluding Battery and Memory Card |
5.5 oz. |
4.1 oz. |
6.5 oz. |
4.2 oz. |
5.5 oz. |
4.9 oz. |
- 1 - MegaPixel CCD
- Resolution in a digital camera determines how much detail will be in your pictures and how large a file they produce. Resolution is the number of pixels in a digital camera imaging sensor -- the more pixels, the finer the detail and the larger the file size. These PowerShots have a total of 3.2, 4.0, 5.0 or 7.1 million pixels and allow a selection of image quality modes. The best quality prints are obtained in the large superfine mode, but images that are going to be shown on a television or computer screen or emailed to someone can be created in a lower mode.
- 2 - SD Card Image Storage
- Canon PowerShot Digital ELPH and A Series cameras now use the incredibly tiny SD memory cards. Get expanded capacity and high-speed writing from a memory card the size of a postage stamp.
- 3 - High-Speed USB 2.0 Connection
- Part of being digital is about communication. Specifically, it's about the ability of your PowerShot camera to communicate with your computer. PowerShot cameras bring your communications into the digital universe with their cross-platform USB connection. By connecting your PowerShot to your computer (PC or Macintosh) via the included USB cable you can download your photographs at 20 times the rate of the older serial connections. With today's high-capacity storage devices, a quicker download is essential, and with the USB connection, you can now communicate at digital speed.
- 4 - Zoom Lens
- With the all-glass aspherical Canon lenses in every PowerShot camera, you get the image quality you need. Look at the world through your mind's eye, but photograph it through a Canon lens. PowerShots come equipped with a high-quality Canon optical zoom lens, capable of shooting a wide range of images from scenery to snapshots. Built-in digital teleconverters extend the zoom range of the lens when used in conjunction with the camera's optical zoom capabilities.
- 5 - LCD Monitor
- The PowerShot SD1000 and SD450 Digital ELPH cameras offer a big 2.5-inch LCD screen, while retaining Canon's famed functionality and optical viewfinder.
- 6 - DIGIC 4 or DIGIC III Image Processor
- Canon's proprietary image processor, called DIGIC, was developed specifically for use with its line of digital cameras and combines the jobs of image processing and camera function control into one chip. Canon's DIGIC (short for Digital Imaging Integrated Circuit) is much faster at image processing than a general purpose CPU because it employs parallel processing rather than the sequential, one pixel at a time processing methods used by conventional digital cameras. The extra speed of DIGIC makes it possible to incorporate higher quality signal processing algorithms than conventional digital cameras, while at the same time improving buffer performance and consuming less battery power because signal processing is completed more quickly on a per-image basis.
However, DIGIC does much more than image processing. Because it was specifically designed for use in a digital camera, it is also capable of handling nearly every digital camera function including JPEG compression/expansion; memory card control; LCD/Video control and processing; gain control (control of CCD signal amplification); Auto Exposure; Auto Focus; Auto White Balance control and most other functions of the camera. The result is a camera that offers faster and more powerful AF than ever before, faster image processing, longer battery life, and the ability to record 3-minute movie clips with sound.
Canon's exclusive DIGIC III Image Processor builds on the technological superiority of DIGIC and DIGIC II, taking image quality, performance and speed to new levels. DIGIC III provides a speedier interface for the PowerShot's SD memory card, reduces noise at high ISO settings, extends battery life with lower power consumption, offers higher definition for the LCD monitor, and empowers exciting new technologies like Face Detection AF/AE.
DIGIC 4 is Canon's most advanced image processor ever, and builds on the superb performance of its DIGIC II and DIGIC III predecessors. As the "nerve center" of the camera, DIGIC 4 brings excellence to many areas. Images have brilliant color and smoother gradations, and performance is fast and responsive. DIGIC 4 also empowers some of Canon's newest and most advanced features including Blink Detection, Face Detection, Face Detection Self-Timer and ISO 3200 for images in low light with improved noise reduction.
- 7 - iSAPS Technology
- Over the past 68 years, Canon has accumulated a vast amount of photographic data and know-how and used it to create some of the most innovative camera products in the marketplace. Now, using that same data and know-how, Canon has developed an exclusive technology called iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space) that can predict certain camera settings such as focusing distance, exposure and optimum white balance based on zoom focal length, overall light level and tonal distribution data. Canon refers to this collective data as "Photographic Space." By incorporating iSAPS technology into its PowerShot line, the cameras can analyze a scene just before the image is made and in doing so, increase the speed and precision of the camera's autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance.
- 8 - Built-In Flash
- Each day and every situation has different lighting conditions. That's why Canon PowerShots are fitted with built-in Flash Functions. You can set the PowerShot to Autoflash, manually select your own exposure, or use the Fill Flash setting to open deep shadows on bright sunny days. And to achieve natural backgrounds with well-illuminated foreground subjects, thees camera alsos feature slow-sync speed flash mode. This makes for dramatic sunset images or sparkling nighttime cityscapes. PowerShots provide you with the potential to be more creative.
- 9 - Direct Print
- Equipped with a Direct Print function, these PowerShots allow you to create high-quality prints without a computer. To print, you simply plug the camera directly into one of Canon's compact digital printers -- like the Canon Card Photo Printer CP-330 -- or Exif 2.2-compatible Bubble Jet Direct Photo Printers like the S830D and S530D. During Direct Printing, cropping capability also allows you to expand and print a selected area of an image.
- 10 - Selectable Light Metering
- Selectable Light Metering offers 3 settings. In the Evaluative setting, linked to the focusing point, the camera reads multiple points across the frame for optimal overall exposure. The Spot Metering setting concentrates on a single area of the image for greater precision in high contrast situations. Centerweighted Averaging Metering, with emphasis on the center of the viewfinder, averages metering out over the entire picture area.
- 11 - Advanced Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB Technology With Face Detection Self-Timer
- Your most cherished image often feature faces, and Canon's advanced Face Detection Technology gives every face its best chance to shine. With Canon's Advanced Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB function, select PowerShots can detect, lock on, and track up to 35 human faces in a scene. It can even detect profiles. The face detection algorithm automatically prioritizes and selects faces (based on Canon's Intelligent Scene Analysis/iSAPS technology). It will then optimize the focus, exposure, white balance and flash to help ensure the best possible results for even easier picture taking moments. The result is flattering portraits and group shots where all of the subjects are in clearer focus and accurately exposed.
Face Detection Self-Timer waits for the photographer to get on-camera before it takes the shot. For instance, to include photographer's face in a group shot, there's no need to rush in. Just put the camera on a stand or tripod, and specify Face Self-Timer, and the camera will wait for the photographer's face to get on-camera before it takes the shot. Face Detection AF finds faces, tracks them as you frame your shot, then delivers perfect focus. Face Detection AE makes all your group shots better by concentrating exposure on your subjects' faces, not their clothes or the background. Face Detection FE adjusts the flash exposure based on the location of the faces in the frame. Face Detection WB detects the faces in the shot and concentrates auto white balance on them, for the best possible skin tones.
- 12 - Canon Optical Image Stabilizer Technology
- The Canon Image Stabilizer uses gyroscopic sensors to detect motion and generate a corrective signal to reduce blur caused by camera movement. An image-stabilizing lens group along the optical axis is shifted in response to the detected motion, providing effective cancellation of unwanted lens movement and vibration. Result -- photos taken while zoomed in and at slower shutter speeds are not blurry, even without a tripod.
- 13 - Servo AF
- One of the most important new features made possible by the DIGIC 4 image processor is Servo AF, which is a form of continuous focus tracking for moving subjects. By pressing the shutter button halfway, the camera can track subject movement up to the instant of exposure, resulting in sharper photographs.
- 14 - Intelligent Contrast Correction
- DIGIC 4 also makes possible the new i-Contrast (Intelligent Contrast Correction) system, which controls the compensation level in pixel units to brighten dark areas while leaving bright areas unchanged for better images where the main subject is dark, and more natural transition.
- 15 - Motion Detection Technology
- Canon's Motion Detection Technology makes it easier than ever to capture a clear, sharp image every time. As you compose your photos and snap away, it automatically optimizes ISO settings based on change of brightness and frame interval information, and motion detected by Optical Image Stabilizer, Face Detection, AE function and AF technology. All you need is to set High ISO Auto mode and the result is stunning photos with every shot.
- 16 - DV-Quality / HD Movies
- Many PowerShot digital cameras record movies at DV-Quality with VGA resolution at 30 frames per second (fps). Individual movie clips can last as long as 60 minutes or produce file sizes up to 4GB on an SDHC media card.
PowerShot cameras with 720p HD movie also give you the ultimate convenience of owning an advanced still camera that also creates superb movies. HD Movies with 1280 x 720 pixels at 30 fps captures your memories with dazzling clarity, realism and brilliance. Enjoy HD movies on your HDTV by connecting directly to a high-definition monitor with the mini-HDMI connector. Experience Full HD with no degradation of image or audio in the signal.
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