Canon PowerShot PSHOTA580 digital camera

The PowerShot A580 has a host of features that make it simple to take great photos. Easy Mode gives you hassle-free shooting, while Face Detection Technology captures sharp faces time after time.
- 8.0 Megapixels
- 4x optical zoom
- Motion Detection Technology
- Face Detection Technology
- Red-Eye Correction
- DIGIC III and iSAPS
- 2.5" LCD and OVF
- 16 Shooting Modes including Easy Mode
- VGA and LP movies
- PictBridge and Print/Share button

Video

Maximum video resolution: 640 x 480 pixels
Video formats supported: AVI
Motion JPEG frame rate: 30 fps

Technical details

Interface: USB
Colour of product: Black, Silver
ISO sensitivity: 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Weight: 175g
Aperture range (F-F): 2.6 - 5.5
Focal length range (f-f): 5.8 - 23.2 mm
Auto Focus (AF) assist beam: Y
Camera shutter speed: 1/60 - 1/2000s
Compatible memory cards: mmc, sd
Compatible operating systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista<br />
Display: LCD
Drive modes: Single, Self-Timer
Effective sensor resolution: 8 pixels
Flash exposure lock: Y
Flash modes: auto, Flash off, manual, Red-eye reduction, second curtain synchro, Slow synchronization
Focus: TTL
Histogram: Y
Internal memory: 32 MB
Light metering: Centre-weighted, Spot
Megapixel: 8 MP
Optical zoom: 4x
PictBridge: Y
Scene modes: beach, Children, Fireworks, Landscape, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Sunset, Underwater
Self-timer: 10s
Sensor type: CCD
Video capability: Y
Viewfinder type: optical
White balance: auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, Fluorescent, Shade, Tungsten
Source data-sheet: .
Technical features: Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.4

Power

Battery type: NB4-300
Battery life (max): 9h
Number of batteries supported: 2

Technical details

Display diagonal: 6.35 cm (2.5")

Audio

Audio formats supported: WAVE

Lens system

Focus adjustment: Auto
Closest focusing distance: 0.05m
Digital zoom: 4x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent): 35 - 140 mm

Camera

Photo effects: black&white, Neutral, Sepia, Vivid
Playback zoom (max): 2x
Custom colour: Y
Languages support: 25
Shooting capacity: 1.4

Focusing

Auto Focus (AF) lock: Y

Light exposure

Light exposure modes: auto

Flash

Built-in flash: Y
Flash range (tele): 0 - 2.2m
Flash range (wide): 0.3 - 3.5m

System requirements

Mac compatibility: Y

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H): 10 - 90%

Packaging content

Battery technology: Alkaline

Picture quality

Maximum image resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixels
Image formats supported: JPEG, JPEG,
Still image resolution(s): 640 x 480, 1600 x 1200, 2048 x 1536, 2592 x 1944, 3264 x 1832, 3264 x 2448