Canon has today announced what it is calling a brother-sister pairing, in the shape of the PowerShot SD200 and PowerShot SD300. They are the first cameras to incorporate two UA (Ultra-high Refractive Index Glass Moulded (GMo) Aspherical lens) elements which has alllowed Canon to produced its smallest cameras to feature a 3x zoom. Both are SD compatible with the only main difference being the resolution; four million pixels (SD300) and 3.2 million pixels (SD200), priced 399 and 299 respectively.
Specifications
Key Features
Camera Type
Ultra-Compact
Image Sensor Type
CCD
Resolution
4.2 Megapixel
Optical Zoom
3x
Lens
Focus Type
Autofocus
Focal Length
5.8 - 17.4 mm
Interchangeable Lens
Without Interchangeable Lens
35mm Zoom Lens
35 - 105 mm
Digital Zoom
3.2x
Macro Focus Range
1.18 - 19.68 in. (w) / 11.81 - 19.68 in. (t)
Focus Range
11.81 in. to Infinity (w)
Image Quality
Camera Resolution
4.2 Megapixel
Image Resolutions
1600 x 1200 · 640 x 480 · 1024 x 768 · 2272 x 1704
Video
Video Resolutions
640 x 480 (VGA) · 320 x 240 (QVGA) · 160 x 120
Video Speed
30 fps
Max Movie Length
Without Limit (Depends on the camera free memory size)