Overview
HD Video Comes to the A-Series!
Freshly redesigned with a sophisticated silhouette in five exciting colors, the PowerShot A3300 IS digital camera has all the power you need to capture your life your way. At heart, though, it's a true A-Series camera: incredibly easy to use whether you're an experienced photographer or a beginner. 16.0 Megapixel resolution delivers beautiful images with every detail intact. A 5x Wide-Angle (28mm) Optical Zoom gets you up close quickly and puts more picture in every frame, while the Optical Image Stabilizer ensures clear, steady shots every time. And now, for the first time in an A-Series camera, you can shoot video in stunningly realistic 720p High Definition, capturing the special times in your life just the way you remember them. Everything about this camera is easy: Smart AUTO makes every shot better without any effort on your part, by intelligently selecting proper settings based on a full 32 predefined shooting situations, while the big, clear 3-inch LCD screen shows you exactly what you're shooting. The PowerShot A3300 IS makes it fun and easy to add extra creativity to your photography with new Creative Filters mode, and new Discreet Mode lets you shoot wherever, whenever by disabling sound and flash.
Features
- Easy to use, powerful A-Series camera has 16.0 Megapixels with a 5x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom (28mm wide) and Optical Image Stabilizer for capturing great images in a snap!
- Capture memories your way as either still images or in 720p HD video.
- Large, clear 3.0-inch LCD makes taking and viewing images a breeze.
- Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 32 predefined shooting situations.
- New scene mode: Discreet Mode disables the sound, flash and AF beam so you can capture images in quiet areas.
- Creative Filters offers fun and artistic ways to capture photos.
- Lithium-ion battery offers an easy alternative to recharge the battery.
- Comes in 5 cool, crisp colors to match any personality: Red, Black, Blue, Silver and Pink.
Loaded with Features, Packed with Value
With the PowerShot A3300 IS digital camera, dramatic, personal pictures have never been easier to shoot and share. This 16.0 Megapixel 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 A3300 IS can be enlarged up to 13" x 19". The PowerShot A3300 IS has a 5x wide Optical Zoom lens (35mm film equivalent: 28-140mm) that let you capture up-close and memorable images.
Specifications
Type: Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 5x Optical & 4x Digital & 20x Combined Zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer
Type: 16.0 Megapixel 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels: 16.4 Megapixels
Effective Pixels: 16.0 Megapixels
Focal Length: 5.0 (W) - 25.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) - 140 (T) mm)
Digital Zoom: 4x
Focusing Range: 1.2 in. (3cm) - infinity (W), 3.0 ft. (90cm) - infinity (T)
Macro: 1.8 in (3cm) (W) - 1.6 ft. (50cm) (T)
Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus
Optical Viewfinder: N/A
LCD Monitor: 3.0-inch TFT Color (wide viewing angle type)
LCD Pixels: Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Coverage: Approx. 100%
Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/5.9 (T)
Shutter Speed: 1 - 1/1600 sec. 15 - 1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600
Low Light: ISO 400-6400
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 Control: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
Built-in Flash : Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE Lock, Slow Synchro, Smart Flash
Flash Range: 12 in. - 13 ft. (W), 1.6 - 6.6 ft. (T) (30cm - 4.0m (W), 50cm - 2.0m, (T))
Recycling Time: 10 seconds or less (Battery Voltage: 3.7V)
Flash Exposure Compensation: N/A
Shooting Modes: P, Live View Control, Auto, Easy, SCN1, Creative Filters2, Discreet, Movie3, 1 Portrait, Landscape, Kids & Pets, Smart Shutter4, Low Light, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, 2 Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, 3 Standard, Miniature Effect, 4 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer
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 (0-15 sec (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 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. (In P Mode) Approx. 2.5 shots/sec. (In Low Light Mode)
Storage Media: SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus Card, HC MMCplus Card
File Format: Design rule for Camera File System, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
JPEG Compression Mode: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MOV (Image data: H.264; Audio data: Linear PCM (monoaural))
Image data
| |
Large (L) |
Medium 1 (M1) |
Medium 2 (M2) |
Small (S) |
Widescreen (W) |
Medium (M)* |
| F |
N |
F |
F |
F |
F |
F |
N |
F |
N |
F |
N |
| File Size (KB) |
4,093 |
1,956 |
2,060 |
980 |
558 |
278 |
150 |
84 |
3,069 |
1,467 |
1,144 |
572 |
| 4GB |
935 |
1,915 |
1,828 |
3,771 |
6,352 |
12,069 |
20,116 |
30,174 |
1,243 |
2,567 |
3,261 |
6,352 |
| 16GB |
3,830 |
7,844 |
7,487 |
15,443 |
26,010 |
49,420 |
82,367 |
123,550 |
5,094 |
10,514 |
13,356 |
26,010 |
* When shooting is Low Light
Movie data
| |
Standard |
Miniature Effect |
| HD: 1280 x 720 |
640 x 480 |
320 x 240 |
HD: 1280 x 720 |
640 x 480 |
| 30 fps** |
30 fps** |
30 fps** |
5x |
10x |
20x |
5x |
10x |
20x |
| 6 fps |
3 fps |
1.5 fps |
6 fps |
3 fps |
1.5 fps |
| Movie Size (KB/sec.) |
2,878 |
1,240 |
319 |
573 |
287 |
143 |
246 |
123 |
61 |
| 4GB |
22 min. 5 sec. |
50 min. 17 sec. |
3 hr. 2 min. 52 sec. |
1 hr. 45 min. 52 sec. |
3 hr. 21 min. 9 sec. |
5 hr. 35 min. 16 sec. |
3 hr. 43 min. 30 sec. |
6 hr. 42 min. 20 sec. |
11 hr. 10 min. 33 sec. |
| 16GB |
1 hr. 30 min. 30 sec. |
3 hr. 25 min. 54 sec. |
12 hr. 28 min. 47 sec. |
7 hr. 13 min. 30 sec. |
13 hr. 43 min. 40 sec. |
22 hr. 52 min. 47 sec. |
15 hr. 15 min. 11 sec. |
27 hr. 27min. 20 sec. |
45 hr. 45 min. 35 sec. |
** Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps.
Playback Modes File:
- Easy, Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Resume Playback, Image Advance (Operation Tools, Transition effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, My Category, Jump, Smart Shuffle, Slide Show (Playback Interval, Repeat, Effect, Playlist)
- Still Images: Single, Index, Magnification, Trimming, Resize, i-Contrast, Focus Check, Histogram, Overexposure Warning, Red-eye Correction
- Movies: Normal Playback*, Editing, slow motion **, first frame, last frame, next frame, previous frame, fast forward, rewind
*Audio settings available in 5 levels
** 5 levels (including normal playback), sound not available.
Erase Modes: Still Image: single image, select range, all images
Video: any video file
Computer Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B jack)
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 Source:
1. Battery Pack NB-8L
2. Compact Power Adapter CA-DC10
Shooting Capacity: Approx. 230 shots
Playback Time: Approx. 5 hours
The above figures comply with CIPA testing standards and apply when fully-charged batteries are used.
Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
Operating Humidity: 10-90%
Dimensions: (W x H x D) 3.74 x 2.23 x 0.94 in. (95.1 x 56.7 x 23.9mm)
Weight: Approx. 5.25 oz./149 g (Including the battery and memory card) Approx. 4.60 oz./130 g (Camera body only)
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, and Farsi).
All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.
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