Canon SD600 Digital ELPH Digital Camera
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