Canon PowerShot SD960 IS Digital Camera

Immediate gratification is the pulse of today, and the PowerShot SD960 IS Digital ELPH with its streamlined appeal wastes no time at reminding you. "Here's a camera unlike any other." But it's the excitement of ongoing discovery - the way this camera captures the vibrant spontaneity of the world before you - that defines the lasting rewards of the PowerShot SD960 IS Digital ELPH, and the new level of pictures and HD movies that await you. Immediate satisfaction. Day-after-day delight. What could be better?

Features

* 12.1 Megapixel resolution with a 28mm wide-angle 4x Optical Zoom lens with Optical Image Stabilizer.
* HD movie shooting capability plus HDMI output for easy playback of video and photos on your HDTV.
* Large 2.8-inch PureColor LCD II widescreen and wide viewing angle.
* Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 18 predefined shooting situations.
* New Active display technology for quickly switching between images during playback with a shake of the camera.
* Four elegant, sophisticated colors with a new easy to use button configuration.
* DIGIC 4 Image Processor has evolved Face Detection Technology that tracks the faces of moving subjects and lets the shooter enter the frame seamlessly with the Face Detection Self-timer.

Specifications

Type of Camera
Type of Camera: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4x Optical/4x Digital/16x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System

Image Capture Device
Type: 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels: Approx. 12.4 Megapixels
Effective Pixels: Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Lens
Focal Length: 5.0-20.0mm f/2.8-5.8 (35mm film equivalent: 28-112mm)
Digital Zoom: 4x
Focusing Range: Normal: 1.6 ft./50cm-infinity
Macro: 0.8 in.-1.6 ft./2-50cm (W), 1-1.6 ft./30-50cm (T)
Digital Macro: 0.8 in.-1.6 ft./2-50cm (W)
Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus

Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder: N/A
LCD Monitor: 2.8-inch TFT color LCD widescreen with wide viewing angle (PureColor LCD II)
LCD Pixels: Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Coverage: 100%

Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/5.8 (T)
Shutter Speed: 15-1/1600 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.

Exposure Control
ISO Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent (Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index)
Light Metering Method: Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot
Exposure Control Method: Program AE, i-Contrast; AE Lock
Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

White Balance
White Balance Control: Auto,* Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom * Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF

Flash
Built-in Flash: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro
Flash Range: 1-13 ft./30cm-4.0m (W), 1-6.6 ft./30cm-2.0m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
Recycling Time: 10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)
Flash Exposure Compensation: N/A

Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Portrait, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Aquarium, Underwater, ISO 3200, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap, Digital Macro, Long Shutter, Stitch Assist, Movie
Photo Effects: My Colors
Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom
Self-Timer: Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Face Detection Self-timer
Wireless Control: Not available
Continuous Shooting: Approx. 0.8 fps

Image Storage
Storage Media: SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card
File Format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1
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: 4000 x 3000 (Large), 3264 x 2448 (Medium 1), 2592 x 1944 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 4000 x 2248 (Widescreen)
Movie: High Definition: 1280 x 720 (30 fps); Standard Definition: 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps)
Available up to 4GB or 29 min. 59 sec. (HD)/60 min. (SD) per clip