Canon Powershot A60 Specs - $349

Bottom Line: This compact camera features 2 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom, enhanced movie mode and can be directly connected to certain printers. It has several shooting modes (including a cool continuous shooting mode for action), and a variety of lens modes. It is a little overpriced compared to similar models, however.

Basic Features: Image Capture Device Type - 1/2.7 inch charge coupled device (CCD)
Total Pixels - Approx. 2.0 Million
Effective Pixels - Approx. 2.0 Million
LCD Monitor - 1.5 inch, approx. 78,000 pixels
Storage Media - CompactFlash Card Type I
Image Recording Format - Still Image: JPEG (Exif 2.2 compliant) and JPEG Compression Mode SuperFine, Fine or Normal
Number of Recording Pixels - 1600x1200, 1024x768 or 640x480 pixels/Movie: 320x240 or 160x120

Lens Features: Focal Length - 5.4 – 16.2mm zoom lens (35mm film equivalent: 35 – 105mm)
Digital Zoom - 2.5x
Focusing Range - Normal AF: 46cm/ 1.5 ft. – infiniti; Macro AF: 5 – 46cm/ 2.0 in. – 1.5 ft. wide-angle, 26 – 46cm/10 in. – 1.5 ft. telephoto; Manual focus: 5cm/ 2.0 in. – infinity wide-angle, 26cm/10 in. – infinity telephoto
Autofocus System - Around most of picture area; AF lock and Manual focus are available
AF lock and Manual focus are available

Aperture, Shutter & Exposure Features: Max Aperture - f/2.8 – 4.8
Shutter Speed - 15 – 1/2,500 sec.
Slow shutter speed of 1.3 sec. only in select modes
Exposure Sensitivity - AUTO/ISO 50/100/200/400 equivelant
Light Metering Method - Evaluation/Center-weighted average/Spot
Exposure Control Method - Program AE/Manual
Exposure Compensation - +/- 2 EV in 1/3-step increments
Auto Exposure Bracketing Not Available
White Balance - Control TTL Auto White Balance, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H or Flash), or Custom

Flash Features & Shooting Modes: Flash Modes - Auto/ ON/ OFF, Red-Eye Reduction
Recycling Time - Approx. 10 sec. or less
Shooting Modes - AUTO; Creative zone: Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority, Manual, and Custom; Image zone: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Fast Shutter, Slow Shutter, Stitch Assist & Movie
Self Timer - 2 sec. or 10 sec.
Continuous Shooting - 2.6 frames/sec.
Photo Effects - Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia & Black&White

In the Box: PowerShot A60 Body
Wrist Strap WS-200
AV Cable AVC-DC100
4 AA-type Alkaline Batteries
Interface Cable IFC-300PCU
Compact Flash Card CF-16M
Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM
ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM

PC System Requirements: Hardware - IBM PC/AT compatible with CD-ROM Drive.
OS - Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP
CPU - Pentium 150 MHz or higher (Windows 2000/ME/98) or 300MHz or higher (XP)
Interface - USB
Free Hard Drive Space - 300MB or more for Canon Utilities/Drivers, RAM: 64MB or more (Windows 2000/ME/98) or RAM: 128MB or more (XP)
Display - 800 x 600 pixels/High Color (16 bit) or better is required, 1024 x 768 pixels or better is recommended.

Mac System Requirements: Hardware - Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac, iBook or eMac and a CD-ROM drive
OS: Mac OS 9.0 through 9.2, OS X (Version 10.1/10.2). Note: USB Mounter software is not supported in Mac OS X.
CPU - PowerPC
Interface - USB (Apple models with a built-in USB interface)
Free Hard Drive Space - 200MB or more for Canon Utilities, RAM: 20MB or more of application memory (Mac OS 9.x), RAM: 128MB or more (Mac OS X)
Display: 800x600 pixels/32,000 colors or better required, 1024 x 768 recommended.