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| Marketed | March 2002 |
| Original Price | 49,800 yen |
PowerShot A40 offers the popular camera-like design and high functionality of their forerunner models, the PowerShot A20 released in spring 2001, as well as enhanced styling and a host of new value-added functions and features previously found only in higher-priced digital cameras.
The PowerShot A40 features a 1/2.7″ CCD sensor with resolution of 2.0 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom lens, movie mode with sound, 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. 2 million | |
| Image sensor : | 1/2.7″. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 2.1 million) | |
| Lens : |
5.4 (W) – 16.2 (T) mm (35 mm film equivalent: 35-105 mm) F 2.8 (W) – 4.8 (T) |
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| Digital Zoom : | Maximum 2.5x (Maximum 7.5x with optical zoom) | |
| Optical Viewfinder : | Primary imaging real-image optical zoom viewfinder | |
| LCD monitor : | 1.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 120,000 dots | |
| Autofocus : | TTL 3 point AiAF/ TTL 1 point center AF Focus lock possible |
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| Focusing Range(from tip of the lens barrel) | Normal : | 76 cm (2.5 ft.) – infinity |
| Macro : | 16 – 76 cm (6.3 in. – 2.5 ft.) (W) 26 – 76 cm (10.2 in. – 2.5 ft.) (T) |
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| 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. |
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| Light Metering Method : | Evaluative metering (linked to focusing point)/ Spot metering | |
| Exposure Control : | Program AE / Manual | |
| Exposure Compensation : | +-2 EV (1/3 steps) | |
| Sensitivity : | ISO 50/ 100/ 200/ 400 equivalent and Auto* *Camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 50 to ISO 150 equivalent. |
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| White Balance : | TTL auto/ preset (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H) | |
| Flash : | Auto/ Red-eye reduction auto/ on/ off/ Red-eye reduction on/ slow-synchro | |
| Flash Range : | Normal : | 76 cm – 4.2 m (2.5 – 13.8 ft.) (W), 76 cm – 2.5 m (2.5 – 8.2 ft.) (T) |
| Macro : | 26 – 76 cm (10.2 in. – 2.5 ft.) (W/T) | |
| Shooting Modes : | Auto/ program/ manual/ stitch assist/ movie | |
| Continuous Shooting : | Approx. 2.5 images/sec (Large/ Fine mode, LCD monitor off) | |
| Self-Timer : | Shoots after approx. 2 sec. or 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, Audio data : WAVE [monaural]) | |
| Compression : | Superfine/ fine/ normal | |
| Number of Recording Pixels : | Still Images: | Large : 1600 x 1200 pixels |
| Medium: 1024 x 768 pixels | ||
| Small : 640 x 480 pixels | ||
| Movies : | 320 x 240 pixels (Approx. 10 sec.)* | |
| 160 x 120 pixels (Approx. 30 sec.)* | ||
| Approx 20 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) Audio/ Video Output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio) |
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| Power Source : |
Four AA alkaline batteries (included) Four AA rechargeable NiMH batteries (optional) AC Adapter Kit ACK600 (optional) |
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| Operating Temperatures : | 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F) | |
| Operating Humidity : | 10 – 90 % | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) : |
110.3 x 71.0 x 37.6 mm (4.3 x 2.8 x 1.5 in.) (excluding protrusions) | |
| Weight : | Approx. 250 g (8.8 oz.) (excluding batteries and CF card) |
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