Canon Powershot G3

LCD Monitor

1.8" Low-temperature Polycrystalline Silicon TFT Colour LCD (100% coverage)

Built-in Flash

Flash Range: 0.7 - 5.0m (W), 0.7 - 4.0m (T)
[at ISO100 equivalent]

Flash Exposure Compensation

+ / - 2.0EV (at every 1/3-stop)
FE Lock and manual flash power adjustment is available

External Flash Support

Canon Speedlite 220EX, (380EX), 420EX, 550EX, Macro-Ring-Lite MR?14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2

Shooting Modes

Auto, Creative Zone (Program, Tv, Av, Manual and Custom 1 & 2), Programmed Image Control Zone (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Stitch assist* and Movie).
* Stitch assist mode integrates with supplied PhotoStitch software.

Photo Effects Mode:
Vivid / Neutral / Low Sharpening / Sepia / Black & White / Custom

Interval shooting:
In increments of 1 - 60 min. for up to 100 shots (depending on CF card capacity)

CCD Size

1/1.8 inch

CCD Pixels

Effective Number of Pixels: Approx. 4.0M Pixels (2,308 x 1,712)
Total Number of Pixels: Approx. 4.1M Pixels (2,384 x 1,734)

CCD Filter Array

Primary Colour Filter

Lens Focal Length

7.2 (W) - 28.8 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 35 - 140mm)

Lens Maximum Aperture

f2.0 (W) / f3.0 (T)

Lens Construction

8 elements in 7 groups (2 aspherical elements)

Digital Zoom

Approx. 3.6x
Digital Zoom:Approx.3.6x [Max. 14x digital and optical zoom combined]

Focusing Method

TTL auto-focus (Continuous or Single)
FlexiZone AF/AE or Centre Point
AF lock, Manual focus and Focus Bracketing are available

Focus Range

Normal AF: 50cm - infinity
Macro AF: 5cm (W) / 15cm (T) - 50cm
Manual Focus: 5cm (W) / 15cm (T) - infinity

Exposure Control

Programme AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture-priority AE and Manual. AE Lock is available

Exposure Compensation

+/- 2.0EV [at every 1/3-stop]
Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) is available

Light Metering Method

Evaluative / Centre-weighted average / Spot metering

White Balance

Control: TTL White Balance
Modes: Auto, 6 presets [Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent High, Flash], and Custom 1 & 2

Shutter Speeds

15 - 1/2,000 s
Slow Shutter of 1.3 s and more, available in Manual and Tv modes only, operate with noise reduction

Equivalent Film Speed

Auto, ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400

Viewfinder

Real-image zoom viewfinder (with dioptre correction)

Flash Mode

Auto, On/Off (Red-eye reduction On/Off)
[Slow sync and 1st or 2nd curtain sync can also be selected]

Image File Format

Design rule for Camera File system, Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

Image Processing

DIGIC

Compression Modes

JPEG Compression Levels: Super-Fine, Fine or Normal

Recording Pixels

Still image:
JPEG (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) or RAW

Movie:
AVI [Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE (monaural)]

Sound annotation:
WAVE (monaural)

Image Storage Capacity

(with supplied 32MB CF Card)
RAW: 7 images [Approx.]
Large/Super Fine: 14 images [Approx.]
Large/Fine: 27 images [Approx.]
Large/Normal: 54 images [Approx.]
Middle1/Super Fine: 30 images [Approx.]
Middle1/Fine: 54 images [Approx.]
Middle1/Normal: 108 images [Approx.]
Middle2/Super Fine: 53 images [Approx.]
Middle2/Fine: 94 images [Approx.]
Middle2/Normal: 174 images [Approx.]
Small/Super Fine: 120 images [Approx.]
Small/Fine: 196 images [Approx.]
Small/Normal: 337 images [Approx.]

Movie: 320 x 240 91 sec (max. approx. 3 min per recording)
Movie: 160 x 120 242 sec (max. approx. 3 min per recording)
[Movies are shot at approx. 15 frames / sec and times shown are displayed as if the movies were shot continuously]

*The above figures are measured under Canon's standard conditions and may vary depending on the scene, subjects or camera settings.

Continuous Shooting

High speed:
Approx. 2.5 images / s (shooting speed can be maintained up to 14 images)

Normal:
Approx. 1.5 images / s (shooting speed can be maintained up to 14 images)
[Large/Fine mode, when LCD monitor is turned off]

Interface

USB (Normal / PTP)
Audio/Video Output (PAL or NTSC selectable)
CompactFlash™ type I & II (Microdrive compatible)

Power Source

Camera:
BP-511 / BP-512 Li-ion rechargeable battery*, AC adapter* and Car battery adapter

Date/Clock backup:
CR2016 lithium battery
*BP-511 Li-ion rechargeable battery and AC adapter are supplied.

Weight

Approx. 410g [excluding batteries and CF card]

Dimensions (WxHxD)

121 x 69.9 x 73.9mm [excluding protruding parts]

Operating Temperature

0°C - 40°C

Operating Humidity

10% - 90%

Other Features

Self-timer: 2 or 10 seconds (or Off with wireless controller)

Signal Sound: Camera Status and Warnings

Wireless Control: Shooting and Playback

Remote Capture from PC:
Available with USB interface only (exclusive software is supplied)

Operating System

PC: Windows 98 (inc. SE)/Me/2000/XP

Mac: OS 8.6 to 9.2 & OS X v10.1