| Product Type | Digital camera - prosumer |
| Width | 11.7 cm |
| Depth | 7.8 cm |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Weight | 450 g |
| Resolution | 8.0 Megapixel |
| Colour Support | Colour |
| Optical Sensor Type | CCD |
| Total Pixels | 8,300,000 pixels |
| Effective Sensor Resolution | 8,000,000 pixels |
| Optical Sensor Size | 1/2.5" |
| Light Sensitivity | ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO 1600, ISO auto |
| Digital Zoom | 4 x |
| Shooting Modes | Frame movie mode |
| Shooting Modes | Landscape, portrait mode, macro, stitch assist, fireworks, night scene, sports mode, indoor, foliage, beach, night snapshot, snow, aquarium |
| Special Effects | My Colours, Colour Accent, Colour Swap |
| Image Stabiliser | Optical |
| Max Shutter Speed | 1/3200 sec |
| Min Shutter Speed | 15 sec |
| Exposure Metering | Evaluative, spot AF area, centre-weighted, spot |
| Exposure Modes | Programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority |
| Exposure Compensation | ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps |
| Auto Exposure Bracketing | 3 steps in 1/3 EV step |
| White Balance | Custom, automatic, presets |
| White Balance Presets | Fluorescent, cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, fluorescent light (daylight) |
| Digital Video Format | AVI |
| Still Image Format | JPEG |
| Continuous Shooting Speed | 1.5 frames per second, 0.9 frames per second |
| Video Capture | AVI - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 13 sec - with 32MB cardAVI - 320 x 240 - 60 fps - 19 sec - with 32MB cardAVI - 320 x 240 - 30 fps - 34 sec - with 32MB card |
| Flash Memory | 32 MB Flash - SD Memory Card |
| Supported Flash Memory | MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card |
| Image Storage | Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 11 - with 32MB cardFine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 18 - with 32MB cardNormal JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 39 - with 32MB cardSuper-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 8 - with 32MB cardFine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 14 - with 32MB cardNormal JPEG 3264 x 244 |
| Camera Flash | Pop-up flash |
| Flash Modes | Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction |
| Red Eye Reduction | Built-in |
| Effective Flash Range | 0.5 m - 5.2 m |
| Features | AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation |
| Type | Zoom lens - 6 mm - 72 mm - f/2.7-3.5 |
| Focal Length | 6 mm - 72 mm |
| Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera | 36 - 432mm |
| Focus Adjustment | Automatic, manual |
| Auto Focus | TTL contrast detection |
| Min Focus Range | 50 cm |
| Macro Focus Range | 0-50cm |
| Lens Aperture | F/2.7-3.5 |
| Optical Zoom | 12 x |
| Zoom Adjustment | Motorised drive |
| Lens Construction | 9 group(s) / 11 element(s) |
| Features | UD glass, Ultrasonic Motor (USM), aspherical lens |
| Self Timer | Yes |
| Self Timer Delay | 10 sec, 2sec |
| Flash Terminal | Hot shoe |
| Additional Features | Audio recording, direct print, USB 2.0 compatibility, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, DPOF support, display brightness control, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, PictBridge su |
| Viewfinder Type | LCD monitor |
| Viewfinder Colour Support | Colour |
| Viewfinder Diagonal Size | 0.33" |
| Viewfinder Resolution | 115,000 pixels |
| Field Coverage | 100% |
| Dioptric Correction Range | -5.5 to +1.5 |
| Type | LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5" - colour |
| Display Form Factor | Rotating |
| Display Format | 207,000 pixels |
| Type | Microphone - built-in |
| Microphone Operation Mode | Stereo |
| Connector Type | 1 x USB1 x composite video/audio output1 x DC power input |
| Expansion Slot(s) | 1 x SD Memory Card |
| Software | Drivers & Utilities, Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Canon ImageBrowser |
| Operating System Support | MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5 - 10.3 |
| Peripheral Devices | USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM Drive |
| Included Accessories | Lens cap, neck strap |
| Cables Included | A/V cableUSB cable |
| Supported Battery | AA |
| Supported Battery Details | 4 x AA alkaline battery ( included ) |
| Min Operating Temperature | 0 °C |
| Max Operating Temperature | 40 °C |