Canon PowerShot A450

"The new PowerShot A450 digital camera delivers an exceptional value to the consumer," says Yuichi Ishizuka, senior vice president and general manager of the Consumer Imaging Group at Canon U.S.A., Inc. "It provides enhanced features and high image quality, while at the same time remaining compact, affordable and easy-to-use. Users are going to love taking pictures with Canon's new PowerShot camera and capturing moments that they can continue to enjoy for generations."

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FEATURES

About the camera

The new PowerShot A450 digital camera features 5.0 megapixel resolution with a 4x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen, up from 4.0 megapixels and a 1.8-inch LCD screen on last year's PowerShot A430 model. The new camera also incorporates Canon's renowned DIGIC II image processor, which delivers superb image quality, fast performance, and excellent battery life. Additional features include an optical viewfinder and compatibility with MMC, SD and SDHC memory cards. At its value price point, the PowerShot A450 digital camera is an ideal purchase for a first time digital camera buyer.

Get It Right the First Time

The PowerShot A450 digital camera delivers high-resolution images without requiring users to exert additional effort. This model uses Canon's AiAF "Smart" autofocus system with Canon's patented iSAPS intelligent scene analysis algorithm to determine optimum settings for focusing, exposure and white balance. The user simply snaps the shot with the push of a button.

The PowerShot A450 features ten standard shooting modes for still pictures, automatically adjusting the cameras' settings to match the surroundings. Still shooting modes include Full Auto, Auto with manual adjustment of exposure compensation and white balance, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids and Pets, and other Special Scene modes. Additionally, this new model can record movies with sound - so you can capture your baby's first steps or first words with point and shoot simplicity.

Taking the Next Step

Canon recognizes that capturing an image is only the first step towards the full enjoyment of digital photography and movie making. That's why all new PowerShot digital cameras, including the A450 model, are equipped with a variety of features to make viewing and printing your images easier than ever. For example, both still images and movies can be played back through compatible personal computers or television sets with accessory cables that are supplied at no extra charge. Additionally, the PowerShot A450 digital camera supports one-touch automatic downloading to compatible personal computers, and the supplied software automatically organizes images and movie clips according to the shooting date for easy archiving.

Direct Print

Like all PowerShot digital cameras, this newest addition to the A-series works seamlessly with Canon's petite compact photo printers – an essential PowerShot accessory. Consumers simply connect their PowerShot digital camera to a compact photo printer, press the Print/Share button, and within seconds**, prints emerge. Presto! It is that simple. Canon's digital cameras are PictBridge compatible. They work with PictBridge enabled printers and offer excellent image quality and ease-of-use. Printing photos directly from a digital camera is both easy and affordable.

What's in the Box?

The PowerShot A450 digital camera kit includes a USB cable, an audio/video cable, a wrist strap, a 16MB MultiMediaCard and AA-size alkaline batteries as well as the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disc Version 30, featuring the latest versions of Canon's powerful software.***

*Actual prices are determined by individual dealers and may vary.

**Print speed of up to 58 seconds is based on average output speed achieved during product testing with DIGIC II processor embedded Canon PowerShot digital cameras and Canon SELPHY CP Printers. Other products' print speed may vary. Printer functions are sensitive to temperature and humidity.

***See powershot.com for operating system requirements.

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PICTURES

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SPECIFICATION

Sensor • 1/3" Type CCD
• 5.0 million effective pixels

Image sizes • 2592 x 1944
• 2592 x 1456
• 2048 x 1536
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480

Movie clips • 640 x 480, 10 fps (L)
• 320 x 240, 30 fps (M)
• 160 x 120, 15 fps (S)
• Up to 1GB or 1 hour (L/M), up to 3 min (S)

File formats • Still: JPEG compression (Exif 2.2 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system
• Movie: AVI [Motion JPEG compression]
• Sound: WAVE (monaural)

Lens • 5.4-17.3 mm (38-122 35 mm equiv) 3.2x optical zoom
• F 2.8-5.1

Image stabilization No

Conversion lenses No

Digital zoom Up to 4x

Focus • TTL
• AF lock when shutter release held half-way

AF area modes • 5-point AiAF
• 1-point AF (fixed centre)

AF assist lamp Yes

Focus distance • 1cm-∞

Metering • Evaluative
• Centre-weighted average
• Spot (centre)

ISO sensitivity • ISO 80
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• Auto

Exposure compensation • +/- 2EV
• 1/3 EV increments

Exposure bracketing No

Shutter speed 15 - 1/2000 sec

Modes • Auto
• Manual
• Super macro
• Movie

Scene modes • Portrait
• Night snapshot
• Kids & pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks

White balance • Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Fluorescent H
• Custom

White balance fine tune No

Self timer 2 or 10 sec, custom

Continuous shooting Approx. 1.5 fps until memory card is full

Image parameters • Vivid
• Neutral
• Sepia
• Black & White
• Custom colour

Flash • Auto
• Forced on/off
• Slow sync
• Red-eye reduction
• 47cm-3.0m (wide) / 47cm-2.0m (tele) (auto ISO)

Viewfinder Real-image zoom optical viewfinder

LCD monitor • 2.0" P-Si TFT LCD
• 86,000 pixels
• 100% coverage

Connectivity • USB
• A/V output (PAL/NTSC switchable)

Print compliance • Exif print
• DCRF
• DPOF 1.1
• Pictbridge

Storage • SD/SDHC/MMC card
• 16 MB card supplied

Power • 2 x AA batteries (Alkaline or NiMH compatible, Alkalines supplied
• NiMH charger optional

Weight (no batt) 165g (5.8 oz)

Dimensions 106 x 51.8 x 40.2 mm (4.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 in)