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Other advanced features include a highly ergonomic handgrip plus a variable-angle LCD monitor for easier handling and greater shooting flexibility; full compatibility with Type I and II CompactFlash memory cards, including high-capacity IBM Microdrives; optional accessories including supplementary lenses and a hot shoe for EX-series Speedlites; and a comprehensive software bundle for Mac and PC. Additional camera features include shutter speeds from 8 seconds to 1/1000 second; an iris diaphragm; built-in flash with five control modes; an eye-level electronic viewfinder with dioptric correction; a wireless remote controller; and a high-capacity lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in the camera.
The Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS also offers numerous advanced digital features including a
1/1.8-inch, 3.34 million pixel CCD (2.6 megapixels recorded); high-speed plug-and-play
USB data transfer plus optional RS-232C serial interface; switchable video output format
(NTSC/PAL); and a wide selection of image quality settings including JPEG and RAW as
well as adjustments for contrast, sharpness and color saturation.
On the back is a 270-degree swiveling 1.8-inch TFT color LCD with 113,578 pixels of
resolution (521 x 218) that can be used for framing, review and menu operations. When
framing, approximately 97% of the captured image is shown.
This is the same type of swiveling color LCD that is used on the PowerShot G1. It can can tilt up or down and can be
turned all the way around to face forwards...
or the LCD can be folded up against the back of the
camera with the screen exposed or turned around the other way to protect it.
 The Pro90 IS and the Olympus C-2040 Zoom for comparison. |
| Image Capture Device | 1/1.8-inch interline transfer CCD |
| Total Pixels | Approx. 3.34 million (2,140 x 1,560) |
| Recording Pixels | Approx. 2.6 million (1,856 x 1,392) |
| Filter Array | Complementary-color mosaic filter. |
| Image Quality | 24-bit color (image capture at 10-bits per channel) |
| Zoom Lens | 10x 7-70mm (37-370mm in 35mm film equivalent) Canon shift-type Image Stabilizer (IS) all-glass 13 elements in 10 groups |
| Digital tele-converter | 2X / 4X (Maximum of 40x digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom) |
| Maximum Aperture | 2.8 (Wide-angle) to 3.5 (Telephoto) |
| Focusing Range (from lens surface) | Wide-angle: 10 cm (3.9 in.) to infinity Telephoto: 1m (39 in.) to infinity |
| Viewfinder | Color LCD viewfinder 0.44 inch, 180k pixels 100% Coverage |
| LCD Monitor | Low-temp polycrystalline silicon TFT 46mm diagonal (1.8 inch) 113,578 pixels (521 x 218) 100% Coverage |
| Focusing System | TTL AF (Continuous)/ Manual Focus lock and Manual focus are available 1 focusing point |
| Exposure Metering | Center-weighted averaging / Spot |
| Exposure Modes | Program AE Shutter speed-priority AE Aperture-priority AE Manual |
| Exposure Compensation | ±2.0 in 1/3-stop increments |
| White Balance | TTL auto / preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent and Flash) or Custom |
| Shutter type | Mechanical and electronic |
| Aperture Range | Wide-angle : F2.8-F8.0 Telephoto : F3.5-F8.0 |
| Shutter Speeds | 8 to 1/1000 sec. |
| Release time lag | 0.17 sec. |
| Flash Modes | Auto, Red-eye reduction auto, Red-eye reduction ON, ON or OFF |
| Flash Range | 0.7 to 4.2 m (Wide-angle) 1 to 3.4 m (Telephoto) |
| Recycling time | 10 sec. or shorter (full flash, battery voltage = 7.4 V) |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±2.0 EV (at every 1/3-stop) |
| Flash contacts | Sync terminal at accessory shoe |
| Compatibility | Canon SPEEDLITE 220EX, 380EX, 420EX, 550EX |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±2.0EV (in 1/3-stop increments) |
| Shooting modes | Auto, Creative zone (Manual / Shutter speed-priority / Aperture-priority / Program), Image zone (Pan-focus / Portrait / Landscape / Night Scene / Black & White / Stitch Assist / Movie) |
| Continuous shooting | 0.7 images/sec. (at Large / Fine) |
| Movie | Approx. 15 images/sec., max of 30 sec. (per clip) |
| Self-timer | Operates with approx. 10 sec. countdown |
| Wireless control | Shooting and playback are available (Wireless controller is included) When shooting, image is captured 2 seconds after shutter release operation |
| ISO Sensitivity | Auto, 50, 100, 200 and 400 (Auto adjusts sensitivity from ISO 50 to 100) |
| Shooting interval | 2.5 sec. |
| JPEG compression modes | Super Fine, Fine and Normal / CCD RAW |
| Number of Recording Pixel | Large : 1,856 x 1,392 Middle : 1,024 x 768 Small : 640 x 480 Movie: 320 x 240 |
| File Format | Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) (main image and thumbnail : JPEG), DPOF ver. 1.0 |
| Image recording format | JPEG or RAW (still image) AVI (Motion JPEG : image, WAVE : audio (monaural)) (movie) |
| Storage media | CompactFlash Type I, II |
| Tone reproduction | RAW : 10 bits (linear) JPEG : Y-signal 8 bits, C-signal 8 bits (Cr/Cb) |
| Operating temperature | 0 - 40C (32 - 104F) |
| Operating humidity | 10 - 90% |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 126.5 x 83.9 x 139.1 mm (4.98in. x 3.3in x 5.48in.) |
| Weight | Approx. 680 g (23.9oz) (excluding batteries and CF card) |
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