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| Marketed | April 2002 |
| Original Price | 24,800 yen |
The PowerShot A100 is an compact digital camera which, featuring a 5mm f2.8 (equivalent to 39mm in 35mm format) single-focal-length autofocus lens and 1/3.2″ 1.2-megapixel CCD sensor, is designed with easy-to-use control placement to make digital photography as easy as point and shoot.
The PowerShot A100 features a 1/2.7″ CCD sensor with resolution of 1.2 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom lens, movie mode, a wider shutter range of 15 seconds to 1/1500 second, manual exposure, spot metering, ISO setting from 50 to 400, and magnified playback up to 10x zooming. Waterproof case (30M/100ft.), Tele-converter, Wide converter, close-up lens are available as accessories
| Camera Effective Pixels : | Approx. 1.2 million | |
| Image sensor : | 1 / 3.2″ CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 1.3 million) | |
| Lens : | 5 mm (35 mm film equivalent: 39 mm), F2.8 | |
| Digital Zoom : | Maximum 3.2x | |
| Optical Viewfinder : | Inverted Galilean finder | |
| LCD monitor : | 1.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 120,000 dots | |
| Autofocus : | TTL 3-point AiAF / TTL 1 point center AF, Focus lock possible | |
| Focusing Range : (from tip of the lens barrel) |
Normal : | 20 cm (7.9 in.) – infinity |
| Macro AF : | 5 – 20 cm (2 – 7.9 in.) | |
| Shutter : | Mechanical + electronic | |
| Shutter Speed : | 1 – 1 / 2000 sec.
* 1 – 1 / 6 sec. in manual mode with the flash off or in slow synchro mode. |
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| Light Metering Method : | Evaluative metering (linked to focusing point) | |
| Exposure Control : | Program AE | |
| Exposure Compensation : | +-2 EV (1/3 steps) | |
| Sensitivity : | ISO 64 / 100 / 200 / 400 equivalent and Auto (In Auto mode, camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 64 to ISO 150 equivalent) | |
| White Balance : | TTL auto / preset (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H) | |
| Flash : | Red-eye reduction auto / auto / on / off / slow-synchro | |
| Flash Range : | 20 cm – 2m (7.9 in. – 6.6 ft.) (When sensitivity is set to AUTO) | |
| Shooting Modes : | Auto / manual / stitch assist / movie | |
| Continuous Shooting : | Approx. 3 images / sec. (Large / fine mode, LCD monitor off) | |
| Self-Timer : | Shoots after approx. 10 sec. | |
| PC Connected Shooting : | Available (USB connection only. Exclusive software program RemoteCapture is included in the camera kit.) | |
| Recording Media : | CompactFlash™ card (Type I) | |
| File Format : | Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF compliant | |
| Image Recording Format : | Still images : Exif 2.2 (JPEG), Movies : AVI (Image Data : Motion JPEG) |
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| Compression : | Superfine/ fine/ normal | |
| Resolutions : | Still Images: | Large : 1280 x 960 pixels |
| Medium: 1024 x 768 pixels | ||
| Small : 640 x 480 pixels | ||
| Movies : | 320 x 240 pixels (Approx. 14 sec.)* | |
| 160 x 120 pixels (Approx. 30 sec.)* | ||
| Approx 15 frames/ sec. | ||
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* The data in parentheses refer to the maximum movie length per shooting |
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| Replay Modes : | Single image replay / index replay (9 thumbnails) / zoomed view (LCD monitor zooms images up to 10x) / auto play / printing with Card Photo Printer CP-100 or CP-10 (Direct Print function) | |
| Interface : | USB (mini-B) | |
| Power Source : |
Two AA alkaline batteries (included) Two AA rechargeable NiMH batteries (optional) Compact Power Adapter CA-PS800 (optional) |
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| Operating Temperatures : | 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F) | |
| Operating Humidity : | 10 – 90 % | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) : |
110 x 58 x 36.6 mm (4.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 in.) (excluding protrusions) | |
| Weight : | Approx. 175 g (6.2 oz.) (excluding batteries and CF Card) | |