Canon PowerShot G2 Camera

type of Camera Type of Camera Compact Digital Still Camera with Built-in Flash and 3x Optical Zoom Lens. Lens and Flash accessories available.

Image Capture Device

• Type 1/1.8-inch Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)
• Total Pixels Approx. 4.1 million
• Effective Pixels Approx. 4 million

Lens

• Focal Length 7-21mm (35mm film equivalent: 34 - 102mm)
• Digital Zoom 3.6x (Maximum 11x digital zoom is available when combined with optical zoom.)
• Focusing Range Normal AF: 70cm (2.3ft.) - infinity
• Macro AF: 6cm (0.2ft.) (wide-angle) / 20cm (0.7ft.) (telephoto) - 70cm (2.3ft.)
• Manual focus: 6cm (0.2 ft.) (wide-angle) / 20cm (0.7 ft.) (telephoto) - infinity
• Autofocus System TTL autofocus (Continuous or Single), AF lock and Manual focus are available.

Viewfinder & Monitor

• Viewfinder Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
• LCD Monitor 1.8-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD
• LCD Pixels 113,578 dots (521 (H) x 218 (V))
• LCD Coverage Approx. 97%

Aperture and Shutter

• Maximum Aperture f/2.0 - f/8.0 (wide-angle), f/2.5 - f/8.0 (telephoto)
• Shutter Speed 15 - 1/1,000 sec.
• Slow shutter of 1.3 sec. and more operates with noise reduction.

Exposure Control

• ISO Sensitivity Auto, or user-set ISO 50, 100, 200 or 400 equivalent (At Auto setting, camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 50 to ISO 100 equivalent.)
• Light Metering Method Evaluation metering, Center-weighted average metering or Spot metering.
• Exposure Control Method Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE or Manual exposure control; AE lock is available.
• Exposure Compensation +/- 2.0EV in 1/3-stop increments.
• Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) is available.

White Balance

• White Balance Control TTL Auto White Balance, Pre-set White Balance (available settings: Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent , *Fluorescent H or Flash) or Custom White Balance

Flash

• Built-in Flash Operation modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction Auto, Red-Eye Reduction ON, flash ON or OFF
• Flash Range WIDE: 0.7-4.5m (2.3-14.7 ft)
• TELE: 0.7-3.6m (2.3-11.8 ft) (When sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent)
• Recycling Time Approx. 10 sec. or shorter.
• Terminals for External Flash Sync-terminals at accessory shoe.
• Use of following external flashes is recommended: Canon Speedlite 220EX, 380EX, 420EX, 550EX and Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX.
• Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 2.0EV (at every 1/3-stop)

Shooting Specifications

• Shooting Modes Creative zone: Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority and Manual Image zone: Pan-focus, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Photo Effect (Black & White, Sepia, Neutral Color, Vivid Color), Stitch Assist and Movie
• Self-Timer Operates with approx. 10 seconds countdown.
• Wireless Control Shooting and playback are available.
• When shooting, image is captured 2 seconds after shutter release operation. Computer-connected Shooting Available (using included "Remote Computer" software. USB connection to compatible computer required).
• Continuous Shooting High Speed: Approx. 2.5 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)
• File Format Design rule for Camera File system (DCF*1)
• Print Order Format Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Version 1.1
• Image Compression Still image: JPEG or CCD-RAW
• Movie: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE [monaural])
• JPEG Compression Mode Super Fine, Fine or Normal
• Number of Recording Pixels Still image: Large: 2,272 x 1,704, Medium High: 1,600 x 1,200, Medium Low: 1,024 x 768, Small: 640 x 480
• Movie: 320 x 240 or 160 x 120

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