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Touch. It's always been the heart of communication. Simply put your finger to the brilliant 3.5-inch wide PureColor System Touch Panel LCD screen, and the versatile excellence of the Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS Digital ELPH is at your command. Naturally, a camera this smart and intuitive knows a few things about style. Color gleams, while smooth curves reveal a definite edge. Touch the future!

Includes: Lithium-ion Battery Pack NB-6L Battery Charger CB-2LY Wrist Strap WS-DC10 Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU AV Cable AVC-DC400

Type of Camera: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 5x Optical/4x Digital/20x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System

Image Capture Device Type: 14.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)

Total Pixels: Approx. 14.5 Megapixels

Effective Pixels: Approx. 14.1 Megapixels

Lens Focal Length: 4.3 (W) - 21.5 (T) mm (35mm equivalent: 24 - 120mm)

Digital Zoom: 4x

Focusing Range: Normal: 2.0 in./5 cm - infinity, 3.0 ft./90cm (T) - infinity
Macro: 2.0 in. - 1.6 ft./5 - 50cm (W) - infinity

Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus

LCD Monitor: 3.5-inch LCD with wide viewing angle and Touch Panel Technology

LCD Pixels: Approx. 461,000 dots

LCD Coverage: Approx. 100%

Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/5.9 (T)

Shutter Speed:
1 - 1/3000 sec.
15 - 1/3000 sec. (Total shutter speed range), Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3 - 15 sec.
Shutter speeds differ depending on the shooting mode
Shutter speeds available in Long Shutter: 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1 (unit: sec.)

ISO Sensitivity:
Auto*, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent (Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index) * Camera automatically sets the optical ISO speed according to the shooting mode and subject brightness. The ISO speed also varies according to subject movement and camera shake when the shooting mode is set in Auto.

Light Metering Method:
Evaluative*, Center-Weighted average, Spot**
* Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face AiAF
** Metering frame is fixed to the center

Exposure Control Method: Program AE; i-Contrast; AE Lock


Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance Control: Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom * Facial color is evaluated in Face AiAF

Built-in Flash: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro

Flash Range: 1.6 - 11 ft./50cm - 3.5m (W), 3.0 - 6.6 ft./90cm - 2.0m (T)
Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance.

Recycling Time: 12 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)

Shooting Modes: Auto*, P, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Smart Shutter*, Low Light, Color Accent, Color Swap, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Creative Light Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Movie
*Automatically detects shooting scene
**Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Detection Self-timer

Photo Effects: My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Lighter Skin, Darker Skin, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom

Self-Timer: Approx. 10 sec. delay/approx. 2-sec. delay custom*

Continuous Shooting: Approx. 0.7 shots/sec (approx. 2.7 shots/sec. in Low Light)

Storage Media: SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus Card, HC MMCplus Card

File Format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant

Image Compression: Normal, Fine

JPEG Compression Mode: Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: MOV (Image: H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Monaural))

Number of Recording Pixels: Still Image: 4,320 x 3,240 (Large), 3,456 x 2,592 (Medium 1), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 2), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 4,320 x 2,432 (Widescreen), 2,144 x 1,608 (Low Light)
Movie: HD 1,280 x 720 (30 fps available up to 10 min. or 4GB per clip), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps) available up to 60 minutes or 4GB per clip

Erase Modes:
Still Image: Select image, select all images (all filtered images)
Movie: part of movie, all of movie

Computer Interface: Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio, and video*) HDMI (HDMITM mini connector)
* mini-B compatible.

Video Out: NTSC/PAL (Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio, and video)

Audio Out: Monaural

Other: SD Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable

Power Source:
1. Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery NB-6L
2. AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC40 (optional)

Shooting Capacity: Still Image: approx. 220 shots*

Playback Time: Approx. 5 hours.

Operating Temperature: 32-104¦F/0-40¦C

Operating Humidity: 10-90%

Dimensions (WxHxD): 3.91 x 2.20 x 0.87 in./99.3 x 55.7 x 22.0 mm

Weight: Approx. 5.64 oz./160g (including batteries and memory card)