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PowerShot A30

PowerShot A30

PowerShot A30

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Marketed March 2002
Original Price 37,800 yen

PowerShot A30 offers the popular camera-like design and high functionality of their forerunner models, the PowerShot A10 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 A30 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 : 1/2.7″ 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 : Maximum 2.0x (Maximum 6x 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
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)
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 / 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.

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)
Compression : Superfine/ fine/ normal
Number of
Recording Pixels :
Still Images: Large : 1280 x 960 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

* The data in parentheses refer to the maximum movie length per shooting

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)
Video Output (NTSC or PAL selectable)
Power Source : Four AA alkaline batteries (included)
Four AA rechargeable NiMH batteries (optional)
AC Adapter Kit ACK600 (optional)
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)