Shutter

15 - 1/2,000 sec (Slow Shutter of 1.3 sec. and more, available in Manual and Tv modes only)
Noise Reduction: With shutter speeds 1.3 sec. and longer

Flash Exposure Compensation

+/- 2 steps in 1/3 step increments
Manual Power Adjustment: 3 levels with internal flash (13 levels with external EX Speedlites)
First or Second curtain synchronisation

Shooting Modes

Auto, Creative Zone (Program, Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority, Manual, Custom 1 & 2), Programmed image control zone (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Stitch Assist, Movie (with sound))

Photo Effects:
Vivid / Neutral / Low Sharpening / Sepia / Black and White / Custom (Contrast, Sharpness, Saturation)

Continuous Shooting:
High Speed at approx. 2.0 shots/sec (speed maintained for up to 11 images) and Normal at approx. 1.5 shots/sec (speed maintained for up to 11 images) (Large/Fine with LCD monitor off)

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

Lens

7.2 (W) - 28.8 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 35 - 140mm)
f/number: f/2.0 (W) - f/3.0 (T)

Lens Construction

8 elements in 7 groups (2 aspherical elements)

Focusing Method

TTL 1-point AF (Any position is available or fixed centre), AF Lock available, Manual Focus, AF assist beam on/off, Focus Bracketing available

Focus Range

Normal 50cm - infinity and Macro 5cm (W) / 15cm (T) - 50cm

Exposure Compensation

+/- 2 EV in 1/3 step increments, AEB, ISO Speed: AUTO/ ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 equivalent

Light Metering Method

Evaluative, Centre-weighted Average, Spot (centre or linked to focusing frame), AE lock available

White Balance

Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash) and Custom 1 & 2

Viewfinder

Real-image zoom viewfinder (with dioptre correction)
1.8" Low-temperature Polycrystalline Silicon TFT Colour LCD

Flash Mode

Auto, Manual Flash On / Off
Slow Sync Speed mode On / Off
Red-eye Reduction mode On / Off

Flash Range

70cm-5.0m (W) / 4.0m (T) (at ISO 100 equivalent)
FE Lock is available

File Format

Still Images:
JPEG (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system, RAW, Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

Movies:
AVI [Motion JPEG + WAVE (monaural)]

Sound memo:
WAVE (monaural)

Direct Printing

Canon Card Photo Printers and Bubble Jet Printers with the direct print function

Languages

12 Languages
(English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese)

Image Processing

DIGIC

Recording Pixels

Still Images:
(L)2592 x 1944, (M1)1600 x 1200, (M2)1024 x 768, (S)640 x 480 (selectable compression of SuperFine, Fine, Normal or RAW (max. resolution only))

Movie:
320 x 240, 160 x 120 (movies shot at 15fps for up to 3mins, depending upon CF card capacity)

Interface

USB (PTP)
A/V output (PAL/NTSC)

Memory Card

CompactFlash Type I / II (Microdrive compatible)

Power Source

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery BP-511 or BP-512 (BP-511 battery and AC adapter supplied), optional battery chargers (CR-560, CG-570, CB-5L)

Weight

Approx. 410g (Camera body only)

Dimensions (WxHxD)

121.0 x 69.9 x 73.9 mm

Operating Temperature

0ºC - 40ºC

Operating Humidity

10% - 90% humidity

Other Features

My Camera (Start-up image and sounds camera customisation)
Intelligent Orientation Sensor & iSAPS Technology
Movie editing, Sound Memo (up to 60 sec), Internal ND filter, Internal Speaker, Magnify Zoom at Playback (2x - 10x), Histogram Display, Slide Show, DPOF / Transfer Order marking, Self Timer (2 / 10 sec.)

Software

Canon: ZoomBrowser EX/ImageBrowser, PhotoRecord(Windows only), PhotoStitch, RemoteCapture, File Viewer Utility, TWAIN Driver(Windows98, Windows2000), WIA Driver(Windows Me)

Apple: QuickTime (Windows only)

ArcSoft: PhotoStudio / VideoImpression

Image Sensor

1/1.8" CCD
Camera Effective Pixels: Approx. 5.0M
Total Pixels: Approx. 5.3M
Maximum number of recording pixels: 2592 x 1944
Primary Colour filter

Zoom

4x optical, approx. 4.1x digital
(Approx. 16x optical and digital combined)

Other Accessories

Soft Case SC-DC10, Wireless Controller (supplied)
Canon Speedlites(220EX, (380EX), 420EX, 550EX, Macro-Ring-Lite MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2)
1.75x Tele-converter TC-DC58N, 0.7x Wide Converter WC-DC58N, Close-up Lens 250D (58mm), Conversion Lens Adapter LA-DC58B

Operating System

PC: Windows 98(including SE) / 2000 / Me / XP

Mac: OS 9.0 - 9.2 / Mac OS X v10.1 / v10.2