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Canon PowerShot A3000 IS Digital Camera - Silver/Black
10MP, 4xOptical Zoom, 2.7"LCD, Image Stabilisation

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135061
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Manuf No:
PSA3000IS
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Product Description
Overview

Turbocharge Your Images.
There's nothing more satisfying than taking great pictures! And with the sleek and silver Canon PowerShot A3000 IS, it's so effortless. The 10.0 Megapixel resolution and 4x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer ensure radiant, detailed images. Plus, you've got an advanced DIGIC III Image Processor with evolved Face Detection Technology and the Face Detection Self-Timer for extraordinary control and performance. Smart AUTO lets you handle challenging conditions with ease.
  Enables user to capture and print large, high-quality prints up to 13x19 inches. : 10.0 Megapixels Lens capability of 35mm film equivalent 35-140mm which makes everything appear up close and unforgettable. Canon's own manufactured image processor enables clearer images and brilliant colors by significantly reducing noise. Allows users to find the face or faces they want are in the frame to ensure excellent focus and proper illumination. Lets you join the photo by maintaining exposure and focus and resetting when a new face enters the frame before counting down to release the shutter.
Reduces the effect of camera shake - the biggest cause of blurry images - so you get a clear, nearly perfect picture every time! Detects and analyzes faces, brightness, colors, distance and movement, then selects the appropriate predefined camera setting for best results. Optimizes exposure and tone during shooting for better exposure in shadows and dark areas without affecting the brighter areas in the scene. Detects and removes red-eye from images as the images are in playback mode on the LCD monitor. ISO 1600
Exchangeable Image File which stores information about an image such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO, date and time image was taken. Users can easily connect their camera to a PictBridge-compatible printer and print images, no computer necessary. Viewing screen enables user to view images or videos they've taken as well as set preferences, choose shooting modes, etc. Low Light
 
Loaded with Features, Packed with Value.
Thinly designed, powerful A-Series camera with 10.0 Megapixels and 4x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer that makes capturing that great shot even easier!
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With the PowerShot A3000 IS, dramatic, personal pictures have never been easier to shoot and share. This 10.0 Megapixel digital camera lets you create impressive large photos of family and friends you'll be proud to display. The high-resolution images taken by the PowerShot A3000 IS can be enlarged up to 13" x 19".

 


10.0 Megapixel Resolution


 

The PowerShot A3000 IS has a 4x Optical Zoom lens that makes it easy to get the inspiring, emotive close-ups that will make your images lasting keepsakes. This magnificent lens gives you the power to shoot subjects with razor-sharp precision and stunning lifelike color. So you can brilliantly capture a shot of a sweeping landscape, or a child's big smile.

 

The PowerShot A3000 IS is equipped with Canon's acclaimed Optical Image Stabilizer Technology that automatically detects and corrects camera shake - one of the leading causes of fuzzy or blurred shots. Even when zoomed in, you can get the steady, crisp, brilliant images you'll be proud to shoot and share. And Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer Technology is so convenient to use. It functions perfectly with or without a flash.

Charge Up and Go!
Lithium-ion battery makes the camera lighter and offers an easy alternative to recharge the battery.
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The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS uses a newly-developed rechargeable lithium-ion battery. This compact, powerful battery helps make it an incredibly lightweight and slim camera. Charge-up is quick and easy, so the PowerShot A3000 IS will be ready and waiting for those special moments.

 

 Be Dazzled by Technology!
New Scene Modes such as Super Vivid for additional bursts of color, and Poster Effect for a unique artistic look, which gives the shooter more creative freedom to capture images their way!
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The Canon PowerShot A3000 IS gives you even more creative freedom by including new modes made to get the kind of images people talk about. Super Vivid captures the colors you see with your mind's eye, saturating the scene with intense colors. Turn drab scenes into exciting compositions, when dull pinks blaze into brilliant fuchsia and off-yellows suddenly burn bright and hot. Even dark colors become richer with Super Vivid. Sunsets and floral scenes turn into bursts of color, and get your photo noticed.

 


 

Poster Effect combines several similar shades into one color, turning subtle gradations of color into eye-catching, scene-popping contrasts across your image for a unique artistic look.


 

Shooting Modes
Advanced presets for the best possible photos under certain conditions. With 18 Shooting Modes including Scene Modes, you're ready for whatever shot comes your way:


P Program
Access advanced exposure compensation features while shooting mostly automatically.


AUTO
Recognizes typical shooting scenes, and detects faces, brightness, colors, distance and movement without the need to switch modes.


Easy
Keep the image quality as high as possible for fail-proof images.


Portrait
The camera sets a large aperture, focusing the subject and artistically blurring the background to make your subject "pop."


Landscape
For front to back sharpness, the camera sets a small aperture.


Night Snapshot
Get natural-looking pictures with brighter backgrounds and subjects lit by flash.


Kids & Pets
Reduced focusing time freezes fast-moving subjects, so you won't miss those special shots.


Indoor
Reduce blur and improve color accuracy when shooting handheld indoors.


Movie
Shoot in VGA (640 x 480 at 30 fps/30 fps LP) and QVGA (320 x 240 at 30 fps) for up to 1 hour or 4GB per clip.

Special Scene Mode


Face Detection Self-Timer
Face Detection Self-Timer detects faces in the scene and releases the shutter in response to the appearance of an additional face.


Low Light
For high-quality image capture in an amazing range of dimly-lit situations.


Super Vivid
Super Vivid intensifies existing hues, saturating the scene with bright colors.


Poster Effect
Poster Effect combines several similar shades into one color, turning subtle gradations into eye-catching, scene-popping contrasts.


Beach
Get clear shots of people at a sunny beach without darkened faces.


Foliage
Capture brilliant shots of autumn foliage, greenery and blossoms.


Snow
Shoot clear snow scenes without darkened subjects or an unnatural bluish tint.


Fireworks
Grab brilliant images of skyrocketing fireworks.


Long Shutter
Use to blur moving subjects for artistic effect, ideal for urban night photography.

Actual results may vary from examples shown above.
Final image may vary depending on picture composition.

 Capture Your Best Shots Easily.
Smart AUTO will do the work for you by intelligently selecting the proper settings for the camera based on 18 predefined shooting situations.
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Just set the Canon PowerShot A3000 IS to Smart AUTO and you're ready for maximum enjoyment from your picture-taking every time. It's a relaxing and satisfying way to shoot because you can completely concentrate on your subject knowing that the camera has the technical details covered. Advanced Canon technology intelligently analyzes your situation and shooting conditions. Then it automatically selects an appropriate setting from 18 specially defined settings. So whether you're photographing flowers, a captivating sunset, or your friends at the park, you can be confident that you're getting dramatic, memorable images.

 

 From Daylight to Candlelight.
Low Light mode for improved shooting in dimly lit situations.
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With an ISO of 500 - 3200, the Low Light mode takes the Canon PowerShot A3000 IS where no A-Series has gone before - into the shadows! Now even scenes notorious for having insufficient light, such as those lit by candles, fire, or street lamp, come through in fantastic color and clarity, with less noise. You can keep the feel of the scene intact without adding additional light, so the result will be scenes with the visual accuracy, depth and clarity you expect from a Canon camera.

 

 See the Image on a Big Screen.
Large, bright 2.7-inch LCD makes viewing images a breeze.
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The PowerShot A3000 IS's large 2.7-inch LCD screen gives you the big picture, whether you're shooting, reviewing or showing off your images. This high-resolution screen offers a crisp, clear and bright picture. It also features Night Display for easy viewing in low light.

 
Specifications
Type of Camera
Type of Camera
 Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4x Optical/4x Digital/24x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System
Image Capture Device
Type
 10.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels
 Approx. 10.6 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
 Approx. 10.0 Megapixels
Lens
Focal Length
 6.2 (W) - 24.8 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)
Digital Zoom
 4x
Focusing Range
 3 cm (1.2 in.) - infinity (W); 30 cm (12 in.) - infinity (T)
Macro: 3 - 60 (W), 30 - 60 cm (T) (1.2 in. - 2.0 ft. (W), (12 in. - 2.0 (T))
Autofocus System
 TTL Autofocus
Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder
 N/A
LCD Monitor
 2.7-inch TFT color LCD
LCD Pixels
 Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Coverage
 Approx. 100%
Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
 f/2.7 (W) - f/5.6 (T)
Shutter Speed
 1 - 1/1600 sec 15 - 1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
  • Shutter speeds differ depending on the shooting mode
  • Shutter speeds availabe in Long Shutter: 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1 (unit: sec.)
    • Exposure Control
    ISO Sensitivity
    		 Auto*, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent
    (*Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.)
    Light Metering Method
    		 Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
    * Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF
    ** Metering frame is fixed to the center
    Exposure Control Method
    		 AE Lock
    Exposure Compensation
    		 +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
    White Balance
    White Balance Control
    		 Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
    *Facial color is evaluated in Face AiAF.
    Flash
    Built-in Flash
    		 Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro, Shutter Sync: 1st curtain, Smart Flash
    Flash Range
    		 30 cm - 4.0 m (W), 30 cm - 2.0 m (T) (12 in. - 13 ft. (W), 12 in. - 6.6 ft. (T))
  • Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance.
    • Recycling Time
    		 10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)
    Flash Exposure Compensation
    		 N/A
    Shooting Specifications
    Shooting Modes
    		 P, Auto*, Easy, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, SCN**, Movie
  • *Automatically detects shooting scene
  • **Face Detection Self-Timer, Low Light, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter
    • Photo Effects
    		 My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom*
    * Adjustment of contrast, sharpness and saturation available.
    Self-Timer
    		 Approx. 10-sec delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom*
    * Shooting start time (0-10 sec (in one-second increments), 15/20/30 sec.) and number of shots (1-10 (in one-second increments)) can be specified.
    Wireless Control
    		 N/A
    Continuous Shooting
    		 Approx. 0.8 shots/sec. (approx. 2.1 shots/sec/ in Low Light)
    Image Storage
    Storage Media
    		 SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card
    File Format
    		 Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1 compliant
    JPEG Compression Mode
    		 Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
    Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))
    Number of Recording Pixels
    		 Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3648 x 2048 (Widescreen), 1600 x 1200 (Low Light)
    Number of Recordable Images
      Large (L) Medium 1 (M1) Medium 2 (M2) Medium 3 (M3)
    F N F N F N F N
    File Size (KB) 2,565 1,226 1,620 780 1,116 556 558 278
    4GB 1,471 3,017 2,320 4,641 3,352 6,352 6,352 12,069
    16GB 6,026 12,354 9,503 19,007 13,727 26,010 26,010 49,420

      Small (S) Widescreen (W)
    F N F N
    File Size (KB) 150 84 1,920 918
    4GB 20,116 30,174 1,978 4,022
    16GB 82,367 123,550 8,101 16,473
    Time of Recordable Movies
      Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap
    640 x 480 320 x 240
    30 fps 30 fps LP 30 fps
    Movie size (KB/sec.) 1,932 972 672
    4GB 32 min. 26 sec. 1 hr. 2 min. 51 sec. 1 hr. 31 min. 25 sec.
    16GB 2 hr. 12 min. 50 sec. 4 hr. 17 min. 23 sec. 6 hr. 14 min. 23 sec.
    Note: N=Normal F=Fine
    Storage Capacity varies depending on camera settings. This data is estimated from Canons standard shooting conditions. Figures for Movie Mode represent total capacity of the particular media.
    Playback Specifications
    Playback Modes File
    		 - Easy, Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Resume Playback, Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition effects), Rotate, Jump, Slide Show (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)
    - Still Images: Single, Index, Magnification, Resize, Focus Check, Histogram, Overexposure Warning, Red-Eye Correction
    - Movies: Normal Playback*, slow motion**, pause, first frame, last frame, next frame, previous frame, fast forward, fast rewind
    * Auto settings available in 5 levels.
    ** 5 levels (including normal playback), sound not available.
    Erasing Specifications
    Erase Modes
    		 Still Image: single image, all images
    Movie: any movie file
    Interfaces
    Computer Interface
    		 USB 2.0 Hi-Speed USB (dedicated female connector with unified type of digital, audio and video)
    Video Out
    		 NTSC/PAL
    Audio Out
    		 Monaural
    Other
    		 Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Inkjet Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable
    Power Supply
    Power Source
    		 Battery Pack NB-8L, AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC60
    Shooting Capacity
    		 Approx. 230 shots
    Playback Time
    		 Approx. 6 hours *LCD screen on. The above figures comply with CIPA testing standards and apply when fully-charged batteries are used.
    Physical Specifications
    Operating Temperature
    		 32-104F/0-40C
    Operating Humidity
    		 10-90%
    Dimensions (WxHxD)
    		 3.83 x 2.29 x 1.11 in./97.2 x 58.2 x 28.1
    Weight
    		 Approx. 5.47 oz./155g (camera, including batteries and memory card)
      Note: 26 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi)

    All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.

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    What's in the Box
    PowerShot A3000 IS Body
    Lithium-ion NB-8L
    Battery Charger CB-2LA
    Wrist Strap WS-800
    Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM
    USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
    AV Cable AVC-DC400
    		PowerShot A3000 IS

    Product Warranty


    1 Year Return to Base
     


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