Number of effective pixels

3.2 million

CCD

1/2.7-type interline primary-color CCD
Total pixels: 3.3 million

Camera sensitivity

Auto and 50,100, 200, and 400 ISO equivalents

Focal length

5.8 - 58mm (35mm equivalent: 38 - 380mm)

Lens construction

10 elements in 7 groups (includes two elements with three aspheric surfaces)

Maximum aperture

f/2.8 - f/3.5

Minimum focus distance

Wide: 0.5m/1.6ft from front of lens
Telephoto: 2m/6.6ft from front of lens
Wide: 0.57m / 1.9ft from CCD
Telephoto: 2.07m/ 6.8ft from CCD

Super Macro

Focal length 9.7mm*: from front of lens: 4cm/1.6 in.; from CCD 11cm/4.3 in.
* at 9.7mm only

Standard Macro

Wide: from front of lens: 10cm/3.9 in.M from CCD: 17cm/6.7in.; Telephoto: from front of lens: 120cm/47.2 in.; from CCD: 127cm/50in.

Maximum magnification

0.12x (1: 8.33)
Equivalent to 0.79x (1: 1.27) in 35mm format

Area covered at maximum magnification

33 x 44mm /1.3 x 1.73 in.

LCD monitor

3.8cm (1.5 inch) low-temperature polysilicon TFT color with anti-reflection coating
Total number of pixels: 113,000
Automatic monitor amplification

Field of view

Viewfinder: 98% (approx.)
LCD monitor: 100 % (approx.)

Display-mode switch

Viewfinder display, LCD-monitor display
Switch Finder system allows the monitor to be viewed directly or through the viewfinder.

Diopter control

- 3 ~ +1m-1

Eye relief

18.8mm

Shutter

CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter

Shutter speed range

4 - 1/1000 s in programmed-AE and aperture-priority modes.
15 - 1/1000 s in shutter-priority and manual exposure modes.
2 - 1/1000 s in auto-recording and Digital Subject Programs
Bulb (max. 30 s)

Autofocus system

Rapid AF: a combination of a passive AF sensor with the video AF system

Autofocus areas

Wide focus area
Spot focus areas with Focus Area Selection

Focus modes

Single-shot AF, Full-time AF, Manual focus.

Focus lock

By pressing shutter-release button partway down

Metering

Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot

Multi-segment metering

256 segments

Exposure modes

Programmed AE, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual

Digital Subject Programs

Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, Sunset, Night portrait.
Automatic and manual selection.

Exposure compensation

±2 Ev in 1/3 increments

AE lock

By pressing shutter-release button partway down

Flash metering

Pre-flash TTL

Flash range

Wide: 0.23 - 6.1 m / 0.8 - 20 ft. (approx.) from CCD
Telephoto: 1.2 - 4.8 m / 3.9 - 15.7 ft. (approx.) from CCD
(Camera sensitivity: auto)

Flash modes

Autoflash, Autoflash with red-eye reduction, Fill flash, Slow-shutter sync. Autoflash not available with aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual exposure modes.
Flash cancel by pushing the built-in flash down.

Flash recycling time

7 s (approx.)

Flash compensation

± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments

Flash-sync speeds

All shutter speeds

External flashes

Auto-flash metering with Program/Maxxum Flash 2500 (D), Program/Maxxum 3600HS (D), Program/Maxxum Flash 5600HS (D)

Continuous advance

-UHS (Ultra High Speed) continuous advance:
Ten 1280x960 frames in one second (approx.)
- Standard continuous advance:
1.5 fps (approx.)

*Actual speed may vary depending upon the subject and camera settings.

Approximate number of frames that can be captured at one time with the continuous-advance drive modes:

UHS continuous advance 1280x960 Fine/Standard/Economy: 10 frames

Standard continuous advance

2048x1536: Fine: 5 frames, Standard: 10 frames, Economy: 19 frames

1600x1200: Fine 8: frames, Standard: 16 frames, Economy: 30 frames

1280x960: Fine: 13 frames, Standard: 24 frames, Economy: 42 frames

640x480: Fine: 42 frames, Standard: 67 frames, Economy: 94 frames

*Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and camera settings.

Progressive Capture

Stores images from the built-in memory to the memory card from the latest frame captured with the continuous advance.
Maximum number of images that can be recorded with the Progressive Capture mode:

UHS: 10 frames

Standard: 6 frames

Exposure bracketing

Three frame bracket in 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 Ev increments

Self-timer

10 s (approx.)

Movie

Recording time dependent on memory card capacity, image size, and frame rate.
Frame rate: 15fps, 30 fps
Fast forward and rewind control.
With and without monaural audio with playback volume control.

Jogging
Movie frame capture
Night movie (automatic selection or disabled)

White balance control

Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash), Custom

Digital Effects Control

Contrast compensation, Sharpness

Contrast compensation

Three levels (Low, Normal, High)

Sharpness settings

Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard)

Colour modes

Natural Colour, Vivid Colour, Black and white, Sepia

Noise reduction

User selectable dark noise reduction

Digital zoom

4x (max.) in 0.1x increments

Copy function

To copy single or multiple images to the same or another memory card.

E-mail Copy function

Creates a compressed 640x480 or 160x120 JPEG image for transmission.

Date imprinting

Year/month/day (Format can be changed.)
Imprinting can be disabled

Key customization

The function activated by the flash-mode button can be changed.

Image-quality modes

Fine, Standard, Economy

Number of recorded pixels (Still images)

2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
1280 x 960 in UHS continuous-advance mode

Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips)

640x480, 320x240, 160x120

Storage capacity

Approximate storage capacity of a 16MB SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card:

Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips)

640x480, 320x240, 160x120

Storage capacity

Approximate storage capacity of a 16MB SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card:

2048x1536

Fine: 13 frames, Standard: 19 frames, Economy: 33 frames

1600x1200

Fine: 18 frames, Standard: 31 frames, Economy: 50 frames

1280x960

Fine: 25 frames, Standard: 45 frames, Economy: 69 frames

640x480

Fine: 88 frames, Standard: 113 frames, Economy: 150 frames

Movie clips

30fps: 640x480 13s; 320x240 21s; 160x120 1min. 22s.

15fps: 640x480 26s; 320x240 41s; 160x120 2min. 30s

Note:
* Movie clips recorded with audio.
* Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and memory card used.

File formats

JPEG, Motion JPEG (MOV)
DCF 1.0-compliant
DPOF-compliant (Supported by printing functions in ver. 1.1)
Exif 2.2

Folder name formats

Standard, Date

Printing output control

PRINT Image Matching II, Exif Print

Recording media

SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards, MultiMediaCards

Computer interface

Full-speed 12Mbps USB

Direct print

USB DIRECT-PRINT

AV output

NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)

Batteries

Four AA batteries: Alkaline, Ni-MH

Battery performance
(Playback)

Approximate continuous playback time: 300 min. with alkaline batteries.

Battery performance
(Recording)

Approximate number of recorded images: 250 frames with alkaline batteries, LCD monitor on, Full-size images (2048x1536), Standard image quality, No instant playback, No full-time AF, Flash used with 50% of the frames.

External power source

6V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)

Dimensions

109.5 (W) x 77.5(H) x 80(D) mm
4.31(W) x 3.05 (H) x 3.15 (D) in.

Weight

305g / 10.8oz. (approx.) without batteries or recording media

Operating temperature

0-40ºC (32-104°F)