Canon announces PowerShot A40!
By
Dave Etchells, The Imaging Resource
(Friday, February 22, 2002 - 10:00 EST)
The highest-spec A-series camera announced today adds more resolution and a microphone...
Canon Inc. has today announced its new compact PowerShot A40 digital camera. Filling in the top end of today's A-series announcements, the A40 builds on the A30 with a 2 megapixel CCD imager, 2.5x digital zoom (as opposed to 2x on the A30), and a microphone for audio on movies. Size and weight remain identical to the PowerShot A30. Pricing and availability information for the Canon PowerShot A40 have not yet been announced, but full specifications for the camera are in our database for comparison with other products, and highlights follow:
| Specification Highlights - full specifications here | | Canon PowerShot A30 |  | | General | | Model Number: | A40 | | Camera Format: | Compact | | Image Capture | | Image Sensor: | 2.0 megapixel (effective) | | Image Resolution: | 1600x1200, 1024x768, 640x480 | | Lens | | Focal Length (effective): | 35 - 105mm (3x optical zoom) | | Digital Zoom: | 2.5x continuous | | Auto Focus: | Yes (3-Point AF) | | Manual Focus: | Yes (3 settings) | | Aperture Range: | f/2.8 - 4.8 | | Display | | Optical Viewfinder: | Yes (Real-image Optical Zoom type) | | LCD Viewfinder: | Yes (1.5 inch, 117600 pixel) | | Exposure | | ISO Settings: | Auto (50, 100), 50, 100, 200, 400 | | White Balance Settings: | Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H | | Manual White Balance: | No | | Shutter Speeds: | 15 - 1/1500 second | | Exp Adj Range: | +/- 2.0EV in 1/3EV steps | | Metering Modes: | Evaluative, Spot | | Exposure Modes: | Auto | | Self Timer: | Unknown | | Flash | | Internal Flash: | Yes | | Flash Modes: | Auto, Auto w/ red-eye reduction, On, Off, Slow Sync | | Flash Range Description: | 14 feet / 4.2 meters (wide); 8.3 feet / 2.5 meters (tele) | | Ext Flash: | No | | Image Storage | | Flash Memory: | CompactFlash Type-I | | Memory Included: | Unknown | | File Formats: | JPEG, AVI (QuickTime MotionJPEG) with monaural Wave audio | | More Information | | Weight: | 250 g; 8.7 oz | | Weight With Batteries? | No | | Size: | 110 x 71 x 38mm; 4.3 x 2.8 x 1.5in | | Notes & Features: | Pixel size is 3.275 microns. Lens has 9 elements in 7 groups including one aspheric element.
Autofocus uses 3 automatically selected AF points, or user can lock AF to center point only. Has three manual focus settings - Macro, Landscape (Infinity) or Snap (5.0 - 8.3 feet, 1.5 - 2.5 meters). Effects modes are Vivid (saturation boosted), Neutral (saturation reduced), Sepia, Black & White, Low Sharpening (in-camera sharpening reduced). Burst-mode rate of 2.5 frames/second requires LCD to be turned off. Flash always fires at full power when in manual exposure mode. Flash sync is 1/30 and faster in normal mode, all speeds in slow-synchro mode. Supports direct printing to Canon CP-10 and CP-100 printers.
Record battery life claimed at 500 images without LCD or 200 with LCD for alkalines, 1000 images without LCD or 350 with for NiMH. Playback battery life claimed at 240 minutes with either Alkaline or NiMH batteries.
Bundled with IFC-300 PCU USB cable. Optional accessories include 24.5mm WC-DC52 wide-angle and 252mm TC-DC52 telephoto lenses, AC Adapter Kit ACK 600 (includes AC adapter CA-PS500). | | |
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