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- Specifications
| Marketed | October 2000 |
| Original Price | 115,000 yen |
The PowerShot G1 features a 1/1.8″ CCD sensor with 3.34-million pixels, a newly designed fast and precision 34mm-102mm (35mm equivalent) 3x optical zoom lens, and a wide exposure-sensitivity range including an ISO 50-equivalent setting.
A new RAW mode preserves maximum image quality without degradation and achieves superlative color reproduction. The PowerShot G1’s dedicated digital signal processing integrated circuit (IC), realizes high-speed and complete processing of image detail.
| Image Sensor | 3.34 million-pixel (total)/ 1/1.8″ CCD (Effective number of pixels: approx. 3.24 million) |
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| Lens : | 7 (W) – 21 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent : 34(W) – 102(T)mm) F2.0 (W) – F2.5 (T) |
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| Digital tele- converter : |
2X, 4X (Maximum 12X digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom) | |
| Autofocus method : | TTL autofocus (continuous or single) Focus lock and Manual focus are available |
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| Focusing range : (from tip of the lens barrel) |
Normal AF : | 70 cm – infinity (2.3 ft. – infinity) |
| Macro AF : | 6 cm (W)/ 20 cm (T) – 70 cm (2.4 in. (W)/ 7.9 in. (T) – 2.3 ft.) |
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| Manual Focus : | 6 cm (W)/ 20 cm (T) – infinity (2.4 in. (W)/ 7.9 in. (T) – infinity) |
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| Shutter : | Mechanical shutter + electronic shutter | |
| Shutter speeds : | 8 – 1/1,000 sec. 8 sec. shutter is available in Shutter-Speed Priority AE mode or Manual mode High-speed shutter setting from 1/640 to 1/1000 sec. are available only at F8 aperture setting Slow shutter speeds of 1.3 sec. or more operates with noise reduction |
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| Sensitivity (equivalent film speed) : |
Auto, ISO 50, ISO 100, ISO 200 and ISO 400 equivalent (In Auto mode, camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 50 to ISO 100 equivalent) |
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| Light metering method : | Center-weighted average metering or Spot metering | |
| Exposure control method : | Program AE, Shutter-Speed priority AE, Aperture-priority AE or Manual exposure control AE lock is available |
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| White balance : | TTL auto white balance, pre-set white balance (available settings: Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent or Flash) or Custom white balance | |
| Built-in flash : | Operating modes : |
Auto, Red-eye reduction auto, Red-eye reduction On, On or Off |
| Flash range : | 70 cm – 4.5 m (2.3 ft. – 14.8 ft.) (W) 70 cm – 3.6 m (2.3 ft. – 11.8 ft.) (T) (When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent) |
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| Terminals for external flash : |
Sync-terminals at accessory shoe Use of following external flashes is recommended : Canon Speedlite 220EX, 380EX, 420EX and 550EX |
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| Flash exposure compensation : |
+- 2.0EV (in 1/3-stop increments) | |
| Shooting modes : |
Auto | |
| Creative zone : | Program, Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority and Manual | |
| Image zone: | Pan-focus, Portrait, Landscape, Night scene, Black & white, Stitch Assist and Movie | |
| Self-timer : | Activates shutter after a 10-sec. delay | |
| Wireless control : |
Shooting and playback are available (wireless controller is included in the camera kit) When shooting, images is captured 2 seconds after shutter button pressed |
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| PC-connected shooting : | Available (USB connection only. Exclusive software program is included in the camera kit) | |
| Continuous shooting : | Approx. 1.7 image/sec. (Large/ Fine mode with LCD viewfinder off) |
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| Optical viewfinder : | Real-image optical zoom viewfinder | |
| Storage media : | CompactFlash™ (CF) card (Type I and Type II) | |
| File format : | Design rule for Camera File system(DCF*), DPOF-compliant | |
| Image recording format : | Still images: | JPEG or RAW |
| Movies : | AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE [monaural]) |
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| JPEG compression mode : | Super Fine, Fine or Normal | |
| Number of recording pixels : |
Still images : | Large :2048 x 1536pixels |
| Middle :1024 x 768pixels | ||
| Small :640 x 480pixels | ||
| Movies : | 320 X 240 pixels at 15 frames/sec., up to approx. 30 sec. per movie | |
| Playback modes : | Single, Multi, (9 thumbnail images), Magnified (approx. 2.5X or 5X on build-in LCD monitor) or Slide show | |
| Interface : | USB/ RS232C, Audio/Video Output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio) and CF card slot (complied with CF Type II standard) | |
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| Operating environment : | Temperature : 0 – 40 degrees C (32 – 104 degrees F), Humidity : 10 – 90 % | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) : |
119.7 x 76.8 x 63.8 mm (4.7″ x 3.0″ x 2.5″) (excluding protrusion) | |
| Weight : | Approx. 420 g (14.8 oz) (excluding batteries and CF card) | |
* All data is based on Canon’s standard testing methods.
Subject to change without notice.
* “DCF” is an abbreviation of “Design rule for Camera File system” standardised by Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA).