Canon PowerShot PSHOT720IS digital camera

The 8 MP PowerShot A720 IS packs a powerful punch in an affordable package. Be creative with features that give you as much control as you want, like ISO 1600 and a 6x zoom with optical Image Stabilizer.
- 8.0 Megapixels
- 6x optical zoom with optical Image Stabilizer
- DIGIC III with Face Detection AF/AE/FE
- 9-point AiAF and FlexiZone AF/AE
- 19 shooting modes
- 2.5" wide-view LCD
- Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom
- ISO 1600
- Smooth VGA movies
- Range of accessories

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: 200g
Aperture range (F-F): 2.8 - 4.8
Focal length range (f-f): 5.8 - 34.8 mm
Auto Focus (AF) assist beam: Y
Auto focusing (AF) modes: flexible spot auto focus, multi point auto focus
Camera shutter speed: 15 - 1/2000s
Compatible memory cards: mmc, sd
Compatible operating systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista<br />
Display: LCD
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: 16 MB
Light metering: Centre-weighted, Spot
Megapixel: 8 MP
Optical zoom: 6x
PictBridge: Y
Scene modes: beach, Children, Fireworks, Landscape, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Underwater
Self-timer: 10s
Sensor type: CCD
Video capability: Y
Viewfinder type: optical
White balance: auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Minimum system requirements for Macintosh: Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.4

Power

Battery type: AA
Battery life (max): 9h
Number of batteries supported: 2

Technical details

Display diagonal: 6.35 cm (2.5")

Audio

Voice recording: Y
Audio formats supported: WAVE

Lens system

Focus adjustment: Auto / Manual
Closest focusing distance: 0.01m
Digital zoom: 4x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent): 35 - 210 mm
Image stabilizer: Y

Camera

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

Focusing

Auto Focus (AF) lock: Y

Flash

Built-in flash: Y
Flash range (tele): 0.3 - 2.5m
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

Image sensor size: 25.4/63.5 mm (1/2.5")
Maximum image resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixels
Image formats supported: JPEG
Still image resolution(s): 640 x 480, 1600 x 1200, 2048 x 1536, 2592 x 1944, 3264 x 1832, 3264 x 2448