The Canon SD600 Digital ELPH has been made in keeping in mind the point and shoot user and thus has a very user friendly interface. A sleek design with a 2.5 inch LCD, The Canon PowerShot SD600 includes 6 Mega pixel resolutions, 3x optical zoom 35?105mm (35mm equiv.) with UA lens.

The SD600 2.5 inch LCD has been designed to make shooting, viewing and playback easy and there is Night Display feature for low light shooting conditions. The widescreen recording mode (2816 x 1584 recording pixels) captures images in 16: 9 formats which makes it perfect for viewing images on widescreen television. There are 16 modes including Manual where users can set the shutter speed, white balance and other exposure settings. Movie recording of VGA clips can be done up to 30fps and the Compact mode records up to 3 minutes in low resolution. Another feature is the new ISO 800 shooting for minimal camera shake and flash free shooting indoors.

The Canon SD600 Digital ELPH also like all the members in the SD series runs on DIGIC II Image Processor which improves processing speeds and image quality. It also features the iSAP technology for superior image quality, faster operation and lower power consumption. My Colors in-camera photo effects and -point AiAF for fast, sharp results 16 shooting modes are also seen in the SD600 Digital ELPH. Underwater photography is possible to with the optional Waterproof Cases. For printing Canon has made the SD630 fully compatible with PictBridge and SELPHY CP Compact Photo Printer. The Canon PowerShot SD600 will be available in March 2006 for an estimated price of $349.99.

Type

6.0 Megapixel, 1/2.5 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)

Total Pixels

Approx. 6.2 Megapixels

Effective Pixels

Approx. 6.0 Megapixels

Lens

Focal Length

5.8-17.4mm f/2.8-4.9 (35mm film equivalent: 35-105mm)

Digital Zoom

4x

Focusing Range

Normal: 1.0 ft./30cm-infinity
Macro: 1.2 in.-1.6 ft./3-50cm (WIDE), 1.0-1.6 ft./30-50cm (TELE)
Digital Macro: 1.2-3.9 in./3-10cm (WIDE)

Autofocus System

TTL Autofocus

Viewfinders

Optical Viewfinder

Real-image optical zoom viewfinder

LCD Monitor

2.5 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD

LCD Pixels

Approx. 173,000 pixels

LCD Coverage

100%

Aperture and Shutter

Maximum Aperture

f/2.8 (W) – f/4.9 (T)

Shutter Speed

15-1/1500 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.

Exposure Control

Sensitivity

Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800 equivalent

Light Metering Method

Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot** Metering frame is fixed to the center

Exposure Control Method

Program AE; AE Lock is available

Exposure Compensation

+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance

White Balance Control

Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H), Custom

Flash

Built-in Flash

Auto, Auto w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off, Slow Synchro

Flash Range

Normal: 1.6-11 ft./50cm – 3.5m (W), 1.6-6.6 ft./50cm – 2.0m (T)
Macro: 1.0-1.6 ft./30-50cm (W/T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)

Recycling Time

10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)

Flash Exposure Compensation

Not available

Shooting Specifications

Shooting Modes

Auto, Camera M, Portrait, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Underwater, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Color Accent, Color Swap), Night Snapshot, Digital Macro, My Colors, Stitch Assist, Movie

Photo Effects

Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom Color

Self-Timer

Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Custom

Wireless Control

Not available

Continuous Shooting

Approx. 2.1 fps

Image Storage

Storage Media

SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard

File Format

Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1

Image Compression

Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))

JPEG Compression Mode

Normal, Fine, SuperFine

Number of Recording Pixels

Still Image: 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 2,272 x 1,704 (Medium 1), 2,816 x 2,112 (Large), 2,816 x 1,584 (Widescreen)
Movie: 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 (30 fps/15 fps) available up to 1GB, 320 x 240 (1 min. at 60 fps), 160 x 120 (3 min. at 15 fps

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