Canon PowerShot A480 Full Specification
General
| Form factor |
Compact |
| Size (W x H x D) |
91 x 61 x 30 mm |
| Weight |
139 g |
| Battery type |
AA |
| Batteries included |
2 |
| Included cables |
1x USB cable, 1x AV cable |
| Included accessories |
Alkaline batteries, SD card, wrist strap, USB interface cable, AV cable |
Main Features
| Sensor resolution |
10 megapixels |
| Optical sensor type |
CCD |
| Effective sensor resolution |
10,000,000 pixels |
| Gross sensor resolution |
10,300,000 pixels |
| Optical sensor size |
1/2.3 in. |
| Light sensitivity |
ISO 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
| Digital zoom |
4 x |
| Shooting programs |
Snow, beach, macro, indoor, sunset, foliage, aquarium, fireworks, kids & pets, portrait mode, night snapshot |
| Special effects |
Sepia, vivid, neutral, black & white |
| Max shutter speed |
1/2000 s |
| Min shutter speed |
15 s |
| Continuous shooting speed |
0.6 fps |
| Exposure metering |
Spot, evaluative, centre-weighted |
| Exposure modes |
Program, automatic |
| Exposure compensation |
±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps |
| White balance |
Custom, presets, automatic |
| White balance presets |
Cloudy, daylight, tungsten light, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white) |
| Still image format |
JPEG |
| Digital video format |
AVI |
Lens Systems
| Auto focus |
TTL contrast detection |
| Lens type |
Zoom |
| Focal length |
6.6-21.6 mm |
| Equivalent 35mm focal length |
37-122 mm |
| Focus adjustment |
Automatic |
| Focus zones |
5 |
| Min focus range |
500 mm |
| Macro focus range |
10-500 mm |
| Lens aperture |
F/3-5.8 |
| Optical zoom |
3.3 x |
| Zoom adjustment |
Motorised |
Camera Flash
| Flash type |
Built-in |
| Flash modes |
Auto mode, fill-in mode, slow synchro, flash off mode, red-eye reduction |
| Red-eye reduction |
Yes |
| Effective flash range |
0.3-3.0 m |
Viewfinder / Display
| Display type |
LCD -- TFT active matrix |
| Display mounting |
Fixed |
| Display size |
64 mm |
| Display resolution |
115,000 pixels |
Memory / Storage
| Expansion slots |
SD card, MultiMediaCard |
Connections
| Type |
1x USB, 1x composite video/audio output |
System Requirements for PC Connection
| Operating system |
Windows XP, Vista, Apple Mac OS X 10.4-10.5 |
| Included software |
Canon PhotoStitch, Canon ImageBrowser, drivers and utilities, Canon ZoomBrowser EX |
Additional Features
| Self timer |
Yes |
| Self timer delay |
10 sec, 2 sec |
| Microphone |
Yes |
