Canon PowerShot G5
Canon 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)

Total Pixels

  Approx. 5.0 million

Lens
Focal Length

  7.2-28.8mm, f/2.0-3.0 zoom Lens (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)

Digital Zoom

  4.0x (Maximum 16x digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom)

Focusing Range

  Normal AF: 20 in. - infinity/50cm - infinity Macro AF: 2 - 20 in./5 - 50cm (WIDE), 6 - 20 in./15 - 50cm (TELE)

Autofocus System

  1-point AF (Center Point or FlexiZone AF is available according to shooting mode)

Viewfinders
Optical Viewfinder

  Real-image optical zoom viewfinder

LCD Monitor

  1.8 inch low temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD

LCD Pixels

  Approx. 118,000 pixels [521 (H) x 218 (V)]

LCD Coverage

  100%

Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture

  f/2.0-8.0 (W), f/3.0-8.0 (T)

Shutter Speed

  15-1/2,000 sec.
Slow shutter of 1.3 sec. and more operates with noise reduction

Exposure Control
Sensitivity

  AUTO/ ISO 50/ 100/ 200/ 400 equivalent

Light Metering Method

  Evaluation/ Center-weighted average/ Spot

Exposure Control Method

  Program AE, Shutter-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Manual

AE Lock

  Available

ND Filter

  Built-in

White Balance
White Balance Control

  Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, or Flash), or Custom (2 positions)

Flash
Built-in Flash

  Operation Modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction On/ Off

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)

Recycling Time

  Approx. 10 sec. or shorter

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.

Flash Exposure Compensation

  +/- 2.0EV (at every 1/3-stop)

Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes

  Auto, Creative (P, Av, Tv, M, Custom 1, Custom 2), Image (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Stitch Assist, Movie)

Photo Effects

  Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and Black & White

Self-Timer

  Operates with approx. 2 sec. or approx 10 sec. count-down

Wireless Control

  Available (playback is available too)

Continuous Shooting

  High-Speed: Approx. 2.0 images/sec., Normal: Approx. 1.5 images/sec. (at Large/ Fine mode and LCD viewfinder is OFF)

Image Storage
Storage Media

  CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I or Type II

Print Order Format

  Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Version 1.1

Image Compression

  Still Image: JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant)

JPEG Compression Mode

  SuperFine, Fine or Normal

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