A470

The A470 is a compact entry-level 7.1 megapixels digital camera backed by a 7.4 million CCD pixels. Released in March 2008, it is almost similar in size and weight as its predecessor, A460, and comes in four color choices. Featuring an updated DIGIC III image processor, it has a 3.4X optical zoom and 4X digital zoom. The 2.5 inch screen is an improvement over A460’s 2 inch screen. The A470 has a maximum aperture of f/3.0 and the CCD can reach ISO 1600. The button layout, shutter speed, image format, and focus modes are the same as A460.

Features

The Mode dial controls the main shooting and operating mode (Playback, Auto, Camera M, Scene, and Movie). Basic exposure settings are automatic in Auto and Manual modes. Users can adjust ISO and white balance (Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, and custom). The camera also features Motion Detection Technology, and Face Detection Technology, and a self-timer with 10 or 2 seconds delay. Light sensitivity are ISO 100, 800, 400, 200, 80, auto, and 1600. Shutter speeds range from 1/60 to 1/2000 seconds. Available shooting modes are Auto, Manual, Super Macro, Special Scene, and Movie. For Special Scene, the available presets are Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, and Aquarium. It supports SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus, and HC MMCplus recording media. The camera is DPOF compliant and complies with Exif 2.2 (Exif Print). For still images, it saves in JPEG with three compression levels. The largest image size is 3072x2304 pixels. In movie mode, it can record QVGA (320x240) movies at 30 frames per second or VGA (640x480) movies at 20fps in AVI (Motion JPEG and mono WAVE). Other features in playback mode are Index (9 images), image magnification, Red-eye Correction, Resize, Protect, Sound memos (record up to 1 minute), and recorded movies can be played in slow motion. The A470 requires 2 AA-size batteries (alkaline or NiMH). It spots mini-B USB interface with ability to output audio/video to NTSC or PAL systems. For direct printing, the A470 complies with PictBridge, Canon Direct Print, and Bubble Jet Direct.

External Resources

Canon Camera Hall