Canon PowerShot G5

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| Type of Camera |
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4x Optical/ 4x Digital/ 16x Combined Zoom | |
| Image Capture Device | ||
| Type |
1/1.8 inch Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) |
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| Total Pixels |
Approx. 5.0 million |
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| Lens | ||
| Focal Length |
7.2-28.8mm, f/2.0-3.0 zoom Lens (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm) |
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| Digital Zoom |
4.0x (Maximum 16x digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom) |
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| Focusing Range |
Normal AF: 20 in. - infinity/50cm - infinity Macro AF: 2 - 20 in./5 - 50cm (WIDE), 6 - 20 in./15 - 50cm (TELE) |
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| Autofocus System |
1-point AF (Center Point or FlexiZone AF is available according to shooting mode) |
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| Viewfinders | ||
| Optical Viewfinder |
Real-image optical zoom viewfinder |
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| LCD Monitor |
1.8 inch low temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD |
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| LCD Pixels |
Approx. 118,000 pixels [521 (H) x 218 (V)] |
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| LCD Coverage |
100% |
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| Aperture and Shutter | ||
| Maximum Aperture |
f/2.0-8.0 (W), f/3.0-8.0 (T) |
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| Shutter Speed |
15-1/2,000 sec. Slow shutter of 1.3 sec. and more operates with noise reduction |
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| Exposure Control | ||
| Sensitivity |
AUTO/ ISO 50/ 100/ 200/ 400 equivalent |
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| Light Metering Method |
Evaluation/ Center-weighted average/ Spot |
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| Exposure Control Method |
Program AE, Shutter-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Manual |
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| AE Lock |
Available |
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| ND Filter |
Built-in |
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| White Balance | ||
| White Balance Control |
Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, or Flash), or Custom (2 positions) |
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| Flash | ||
| Built-in Flash |
Operation Modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction On/ Off |
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| Flash Range |
WIDE: 2.3-16.4 ft. (70cm-5.0m) TELE: 2.3-13 ft. (70cm-4.0m) (When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent) |
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| Recycling Time |
Approx. 10 sec. or shorter |
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| Terminals for External Flash |
Sync-terminals at accessory shoe. Automatic E-TTL Flash is possible with EX-Series Speedlites: Canon Speedlite 550EX, 420EX, 220EX, and Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX and Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX. |
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| Flash Exposure Compensation |
+/- 2.0EV (at every 1/3-stop) |
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| Shooting Specifications | ||
| Shooting Modes |
Auto, Creative (P, Av, Tv, M, Custom 1, Custom 2), Image (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Stitch Assist, Movie) |
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| Photo Effects |
Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and Black & White |
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| Self-Timer |
Operates with approx. 2 sec. or approx 10 sec. count-down |
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| Wireless Control |
Available (playback is available too) |
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| Continuous Shooting |
High-Speed: Approx. 2.0 images/sec., Normal: Approx. 1.5 images/sec. (at Large/ Fine mode and LCD viewfinder is OFF) |
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| Image Storage | ||
| Storage Media |
CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I or Type II |
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| Print Order Format |
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Version 1.1 |
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| Image Compression |
Still Image: JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant) |
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| JPEG Compression Mode |
SuperFine, Fine or Normal |
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| Number of Recording Pixels |
Still image: Large: 2,592 x 1,944, Medium 1: 1,600 x 1,200, Medium 2: 1,024 x 768, Small: 640 x 480 Movie: 320 x 240 or 160 x 120 |
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