The Canon A3100 belongs to the
Powershot league of point and shoot cameras. This digital camera is loaded with a CCD sensor with resolution of
12.1 megapixels. The focal length of this Canon camera is 6.2 mm (Wide) - 24.8 mm (Tele) and 35 - 140 mm in the 35 mm equivalent format. Zoom options of this Powershot camera include 4x digital and optical zoom.
This Canon camera weighs 155 g, inclusive of the batteries and memory card and is portable to be carried anywhere. This digital camera has an attractive exterior design, along with a range of intelligent technologies. The Powershot camera has DIGIC III Image Processor. This Canon camera has 2.7- inch TFT active matrix LCD display of resolution 230,000 dot pixels.
Battery and Storage
This Canon camera is powered by rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery that has a
life of 8 hours and can capture 240 pictures. The compact camera has 15 MB built-in memory that can be expanded by using
SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. The MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card and HC MMC Plus Card are also compatible with this Canon camera.
Performance
The aperture of this point and shoot camera ranges between f/2.7 - f/5.6. The
TTL contrast detection Auto Focus of the compact camera ranges between 3 cm (Wide) and 30 cm (Tele) in the normal mode and 3 - 60 cm (Wide) and 30 - 60 cm (Tele) in the macro mode. In low-light situations, the point and shoot camera can easily adjust its sensitivity between the ISO 80 - 1600 to take clear pictures.
The shutter speed range of the Canon camera is 1 - 1/1600 sec that makes capturing fast-moving objects easy for you. This Canon camera has an in- built flash with the range of 0.3 m - 4 m (Wide) and 0.3 m - 2 m (Tele). It also includes features like Smart Flash and Flash Exposure lock. Smart Flash Exposure improves natural lighting in every shot and adjusts flash exposure to suit the subject and the shooting conditions.
Features and Connectivity
The
Canon Power A3100 includes several scene modes like Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids and Pets, Indoor and many others. The Smart Auto mode makes use of the
Scene Detection Technology to analyse the surroundings and select a suitable setting from the shooting options.
Face Detection technology makes capturing friends, tracking faces and providing correct exposure and focus a cakewalk.
Other technologies included in this Canon camera are Auto Red-Eye Correction and self-timer mode with 2 to 10 seconds delay. The Powershot camera can record AVI videos at the resolution of 640 X 480 pixels (30 fps). In order to reduce the blur caused in the images, lens shift type image stabilization is installed in the Canon Power A3100. This compact camera can shoot 0.8 frames per second in the continuous mode. Your Canon camera can be easily connected to any PC or laptop for you to view or transfer the images by using the high speed USB 2.0 .
