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Canon Ixus 850 IS

Guide price: £269.00

Ultra-compact 7.1 megapixel compact camera. Canon says "Beautiful photos every time with the Digital Ixus 850 IS"
This camera has a 7.1 Megapixel CCD sensor and a Digic II processor give colourful, brilliant photos. The Digital Ixus 850 IS is packed with Canon's latest digital technology such as face detection AF/AE ensuring superb people shots by automatically detecting the subjects.

The Digital Ixus 850 IS has a 3.8x safety zoom with optical image stabilizer to produce sharp image quality.

You also have the luxury of recording up to 60 images/sec of video footage and the possibility of using large capacity memory cards with the Digital Ixus 850 IS. An ultra compact camera that will always be at the ready!

Pixels CCD: 1/2.5" 7.1 Megapixel CCD sensor
Resolution: (in pixels) 3072 x 2304
Optical Viewfinder: Yes
LCD display 2.5" LCD low-temp TFT colour screen
207,000 pixels
Macro Distance 3 cm
Optical Zoom 3.8x
Digital Zoom 4x
ISO range ISO auto, high auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800 et 1600
Aperture and Shutter Speed Shutter speed: f/2,8 (W) - f/5 ,8 (T)
Flash (built-in) Automatic integrated flash, forced, flash exposure lock, red-eye reduction, slow sync
Compatible with HF-DC1 flash (optional)
Storage: JPEG
Memory Card Type: SD cards and compatible with SDHC cards
Included Memory Card: 16 Mb Size of card supplied with camera
Internal Memory: None
Video mode: Yes, with sound
Video Sequence: 640 x 480 to 30 im/sec
320 x 240 to 60 im/sec
TV Output: No
Computer InterFace Port USB 2.0

Wireless function: No
Compatibility: PC and Mac
Included software: ZoomBrowser forPC ImageBrowser for MAC

Battery: Li-ion NB-5L battery
Other features Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
Photo effects
Light measurement: evaluation, central predominance, centered spot or face detection
Shooting modes: auto, panoramic, video, manuel, scene mode
Size: 90 x 58 x 25 mm
Weight: (in grams) 155

Included accessories: USB/ video cables
Memory card (only 16mb)
Battery, charger
Strap