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PowerShot A490

Recommended Retail Price: PHP 5,950.00

FEATURES

•	Smart Auto mode uses Canon's latest Scene Detection Technology to determine subject brightness, contrast, distance and overall hue, including the ability to differentiate between day-time and low-light (night time) scenarios for an effortless capture of the perfect picture.
•	The Smart Auto shooting mode intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 13 pre-defined shooting situations

•	During flash photography, Canon uses the scene detection function to determine the distance and shooting conditions to calculate the best flash exposure to produce natural images.
•	This reduces chances of overexposure when shooting people at close distances, prevention of dark background and shadows on faces when shooting subjects under strong sunlight.

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Low Light* mode is ideal:

-	when shooting in demanding light situations
-	when the flash is not permitted
-	to maintain the warm indoor ambience * ISO to max. 3200 with max. 2MB file size

SPECIFICATIONS

Image Sensor (CCD)
Camera Effective Pixels	Approx 10.0 Million pixels
Lens
Focal Length (35mm film equivalent)	3.3x zoom:	37(W) - 122(T)mm
Focusing Range	5cm (2in.) – infinity (W), 25cm (9.8in.) – Infinity (T)
	Marco:	1 – 50cm (W), 25 – 50cm (T) (0.4in. – 1.6ft. (W), 9.8in. – 1.6ft. (T))
Imaging Processor	DIGIC III
LCD Monitor
Type	TFT colour (with wide viewing angle)
Display size	2.5-inch type
Effective Pixels	Approx. 115,000 dots
Aspect Ratio	4:3
Focus
Control System	Auto focus:	Single (Continuous when in Auto)
AF Frame	Face AiAF (5 points) / Centre
Metering System	Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)	Auto, ISO 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600
White Balance	Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
Shutter Speed	1 – 1/2000sec. 15 – 1/2000sec. (Total shutter speed range)
Aperture
Type	Circular
f/number	f/3.0 - f/4.5 (W), f/5.8 - f/9.0 (T)
Flash
Flash Modes	Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off
Flash Range	30cm – 3.0m (W), 30cm – 2.0m (T) (12in. – 9.8ft. (W), 12in. – 6.6ft.(T))
Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes	Auto, P, SCN, Movie Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, Low Light, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Sunset, Fireworks, Long Shutter.
Digital Zoom	Still images / Movies:	Approx. 4.0x (up to approx. 13x in combination with the optical zoom), Safety Zoom, Digital Tele-converter
Continuous Shooting	Normal:	Approx. 0.9 shots/sec. (approx. 2.5 shots/sec. in Low Light)
Number of Recordable shots (approx.) (CIPA compliant)	Approx. 150 images
Recording Specification
Recording Media	SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus card, HC MMCplus card
File Format	Design rule for camera file system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
Data Type	Still Images:	Exif2.2 (JPEG)
	Movies:	AVI type [Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE (monaural)]
Number of Recording Pixels	Still Images:	Large: 3648 x 2736 Medium 1: 2816 x 2112 Medium 2: 2272 x 1704 Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 Small: 640 x 480 Widescreen: 3648 x 2048 Low Light: 1600 x 1200
	Movies:	Standard: 640 x 480 (30fps* / 30fps LP), 320 x 240 (30fps) * Actual frame is 29.97fps.
Display Languages	26 languages
Interface	Hi-Speed USB¹ Analog audio output² (monaural) Analog video output² (NTSC / PAL) ¹ Mini-B jack. *² 3.5mm jack (dedicated connector with unified type of audio and video).
Power Source	2x AA alkaline batteries (AA NiMH batteries NB-3AH) AC Adapter Kit ACK800
Dimensions (excluding protrusions)	93.5 x 61.7 x 30.6mm (3.68 x 2.43 x 1.20in.)
Weight (camera body only)	Approx. 175g (6.17oz.) (including battery & memory card) Approx. 130g (4.60oz.) (camera body only)