Canon PowerShot Pro1 Digital Camera

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This is an excellent camera for magazine photographers, wedding and portrait professionals, and serious enthusiasts.

Manufacturer's Site
http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/pro1/index.html

Pros	High quality Canon L series lenses and a fast, powerful zoom. Easy to operate plus manual control and a large swivel LCD screen. Excellent image quality even in low light.
Cons	Using super-macro feature drops resolution to 5 megapixels.

Description

• Resolution: 8 megapixel CCD, Image sizes; 3264x2448, 2272x1704, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 640x480.
• Lens: Canon L series 7x optical zoom 7.2mm-50.8mm (28-200mm equivalent to 35mm). 3.2x digital zoom.
• Viewfinder: LCD, 2” high resolution swivel LCD monitor.
• Exposure: Program AE, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual, 5 scene modes.
• Focus: Autofocus (center-point, flex-zone), Manual focus.
• Flash: Built-in flash.
• Storage: CompactFlash (CF) card type I or type II.
• File Type: RAW, EXIF 2.2 (JPEG), Motion JPEG with sound.
• Dimensions: 4.63”x2.84”x3.56”, 19.2 oz.

Guide Review - Canon PowerShot Pro1 Digital Camera

I am happy to finally see the Canon PowerShot Pro1 available. Canon has a long reputation of high quality, especially in their professional cameras, however this camera raises the bar. The greatest improvement (besides increasing the CCD resolution to 8 megapixels) is the L series lens. When the G5 was released, I wondered why they hadn’t put the L series lens on it. Sure it is more expensive, but it is one of the best lenses crafted.

The speed of the lens is amazing. F/2.4 captures fast action with extreme clarity and sharpness. The lens is also very quiet which makes this camera good for shooting wildlife and weddings. The camera’s compact size makes it an excellent professional camera, especially when you don’t want to be noticed.

The color reproduction is some of the best I have seen in a digital camera. There is very little noise, and the light aberration has been reduced dramatically.

There is a good list of accessories available for this camera including lenses, filters, batteries, and external flash units.

Manufacturer's Site
http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/pro1/index.html

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