Canon PowerShot A460

Canon PowerShot A460


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Type of Camera: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4x Optical/4x Digital/16x Combined Zoom
Type: 5.0 Megapixel, 1/3.0 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels: Approx. 5.3 Megapixels
Effective Pixels: Approx. 5.0 Megapixels
Focal Length: 5.4-21.6mm f/2.8-5.8 (35mm film equivalent: 38-152mm)
Digital Zoom: 4x
Focusing Range: Normal: 1.5 ft./47cm-infinity
Macro: 2.0 in.-1.5 ft./5-47cm (WIDE), 9.8 in.-1.5 ft./25-47cm (TELE)
Super Macro: 0.39-2.0 in./1-5cm (WIDE)
Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus
Optical Viewfinder: Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
LCD Monitor: 2.0 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD
LCD Pixels: Approx. 86,000 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%
Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/5.8 (T)
Shutter Speed: 15-1/2000 sec.
ISO Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400 equivalent (Standard Output Sensitivity. Recommended Exposure Index)
Light Metering Method: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
Exposure Control Method: Program AE
Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
White Balance Control: Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H), Custom
Built-in Flash: Auto, Auto w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Auto w/ Slow Synchro, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On w/ Slow Synchro, Flash Off
Flash Range:
Normal: 1.5-9.8 ft./47cm-3.0m (W), 1.5-6.6 ft./47cm-2.0m (T)
Macro: 1.0-1.5 ft./30-47cm (W/T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
Recycling Time: 10 sec. or less (battery voltage = 3.0V)
Flash Exposure Compensation: N/A
Shooting Modes: Auto, Camera M, Special Scene (Portrait, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot), Super Macro, Movie
Photo Effects
: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom
Self-Timer
Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Custom
Wireless Control: N/A
Continuous Shooting: Approx. 1.5 fps
Storage Media: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Multimedia Card
File Format
: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1 JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))
Number of Recording Pixels: Still Image: 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 1), 2,592 x 1,944 (Large), 2,592 x 1,456 (Widescreen)
Movie: 640 x 480 (10 fps) / 320 x 240 (30 fps) available up to 1GB or 60 minutes, 160 x 120 (3 min. at 15 fps)
Playback Modes:
Still Image: Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Rotate, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Auto Play
Movie: Normal Playback, Special Playback
Erase Modes:
Still Image: single image, all images
Movie: part of movie, all of movie
Computer Interface: USB (mini-B jack)
Video Out:
NTSC/PAL
Audio Out: Monaural
Other: Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB cable
Power Source
1. AA-size Alkaline Battery (x2)
2. Rechargeable AA-size Ni-MH Battery (x2)
3. AC Adapter Kit ACK800
Shooting Capacity: Still Image: approx. 120 shots (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 400 shots (AA-size Ni-MH Battery)*
Playback Time: Approx. 540 min. (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 660 min. (AA-size Ni-MH Battery)*
* LCD screen on. The above figures comply with CIPA testing standards and apply when fully-charged batteries are used.
Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
Operating Humidity: 10-90%
Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.17 x 2.04 x 1.58 in./106.0 x 51.8 x 40.2mm
Weight: Approx. 5.82 oz. / 165g (camera body only)

Note: Note: 25 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian)