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Canon Powershot A540, 6.0 Megapixel, 4x Optical/4x Digital Zoom, Digital Camera

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1118B001

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The super-intuitive Canon PowerShot A540 Digital Camera produces impressive images with 6.0 megapixels of imaging power, and a high-quality 4x optical zoom lens. This camera is packed with value from its high-end specs to its high-performance capabilities, yet it is easy enough for beginners to use. In addition, the camera features an extensive range of creative shooting modes and is compatible with optional converter lenses for extended versatility.

• 6.0 Megapixel Resolution: 6.0 megapixels of resolution ensures the kind of detail that makes ordinary images extraordinary, and gives you the freedom to crop images and produce large prints that are true-to-life and filled with rich detail.

• High-quality Canon 4x Optical Zoom Lens: With a 4x optical zoom, you're ready to capture a broad range of shots. Snapshots, landscapes and everything in between are rendered with the clear, bright quality of genuine Canon optics.

• 2.5" LCD Screen: The PowerShot A540 features a big 2.5 inch LCD screen with 85,000 pixels of resolution, and features a selectable Grid Line Display to help with shot composition and a Night Display mode for easy visibility after dark. So whether you're setting up your shot or playing it back, everything is bright and clear

• Compact, Lightweight Body: The PowerShot A540 packs all its imaging power into a body so lightweight and compact, you'll take it everywhere. And for times when a camera is indispensable, you'll be glad you have one that doesn't weigh you down.

• Reduced Image Blur and Low-light Shooting with ISO 800: The PowerShot A540 features an ISO 800 setting that reduces the effects of camera shake and sharpens subjects in low-light situations when shooting with high shutter speeds, giving you greater flexibility for shooting.

• DIGIC II Image Processor with iSAPS Technology: Canon's DIGIC II Image Processor is designed to improve processing speed and image quality, so DIGIC II provides markedly faster startup, autofocus and playback, plus it assures that every image is more colorfully vibrant. iSAPS Technology is an entirely original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC II Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

• Shoot and View Widescreen Images: The PowerShot A540 includes a 16:9 widescreen resolution option, producing images that are perfect for your widescreen TV or computer monitor.

• Record VGA or Fast Frame Rate Movies with Sound: With a highly flexible movie mode, you can create the movie that's perfect for any application. Select from the Fast Frame Rate Movie Mode that allows you to record extremely smooth, full-motion movie clips for up to 1 minute long in QVGA at 60 fps (320 x 240 pixels), or the the VGA (640 x 480 pixels) and QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) modes, with frame rates of 30 fps and 15 fps for recording up to 1 hour or 1GB (whichever comes first). Plus, the Compact Movie Mode (QQVGA; 160 x 120 pixels) records at 15 fps for up to 3 minutes.

• Wide Range of Shooting Modes: Twenty-one Shooting Modes help deliver excellent results in almost any situation. Preset Special Scene modes assist with picture taking in tricky lighting conditions, including Indoor, Beach and Snow. For creative experimentation, Color Accent and Color Swap modes enable dramatic color effects to be applied to images and movies direct from the camera - you can keep one color and change the rest to black and white with Color Accent, or exchange one color for another with Color Swap. The cameras also feature My Colors photo effects for additional in-camera color customization.

• Convenient AA-size Batteries: AA-size batteries can be purchased at any store so you don't need to worry about running out of batteries or recharging batteries - simply get new ones locally.

• USB 2.0 Interface: The PowerShot A540 supports the USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) standard, so you'll enjoy the highest possible data transfer speeds when using a USB 2.0 compatible computer.

• Easy, Flexible Direct Printing Options: The A540's Print/Share button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the camera to a Canon Direct Photo Printer or PictBridge supported printer, press the Print/Share button and print. The Direct Print feature allows for image preview and editing (including cropping) on the camera when connected to a compatible printer. Also use the Print/Share button to transfer images directly to a computer (Windows).

Image Quality
Optics
Focus Control
Exposure Control

Flash
Performance
Memory & Power
Input/Output

Display
Physical

Camera Type: Compact Point-and-shoot Digital Camera

Image Quality

Image Sensor: 1/2.5" 6.2 Megapixel CCD

Effective Resolution: 6.0 million pixels

Color Depth: 24-Bit RGB

Color Modes: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom Color

Image File Formats: JPEG (SuperFine, Fine, Normal)
Exif 2.2, DPOF, DCF compliant

Recorded Resolution: Widescreen (2816 x 1584)
Large (2816 x 2112)
Medium1 (2272 x 1704)
Medium2 (1600 x 1200)
Small (640 x 480)

Video Recording: AVI Motion JPEG with Audio
High (640 x 480 @ 30 fps)
Medium (320 x 240 @ 30 fps)
Low (320 x 240 @ 15 fps)
Fast Frame Rate (320 x 240 @ 60 fps)
Compact (160 x 120 @ 15 fps)
Record up to 1GB video clip in High, Medium and Low, up to 3 minutes record time in Compact, and up to 1 minute in Fast Frame Rate

Audio Recording: WAV format
record time up to 60 seconds with image

Optics

Lens Type: Canon Zoom Lens

Optical Zoom: 4x

Lens Focal Length: 5.8mm - 23.2mm (35mm - 140mm equivalent)

Digital Zoom: 4x

Minimum Focus Distance: 2.0" (5cm)

Maximum Aperture: f/2.6-5.5

Optical Image Stabilization: No

Accessory Lens/Filter Mount: 52mm with Canon LA-DC52F Conversion Lens Adapter (optional)

Focus Control

Focus Type: TTL Autofocus

Focus Modes: Autofocus (9-point AiAF, 1-point AF)

Focus Range: Normal: 18" (45cm) - infinity
Macro: 2.0" (5cm) - 18" (45cm) wide

Exposure Control

Sensitivity: Auto
Selectable ISO (80, 100, 200, 400, 800)

Shutter Type: Not Specified

Shutter Speed: 15-1/2000 seconds

Aperture Range: f/2.6-5.5 - f/8.0

Exposure Metering: Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot

Exposure Modes: Program AE, Shutter Speed-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Manual, Exposure Compensation (+/-2EV stops in 1/3-stop increments)

White Balance Modes: Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater), Custom

Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Underwater, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap), My Colors, Stitch Assist, Movie

Flash

Built-in Flash: Yes (Auto, Auto w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off)

Effective Flash Range: 1.5' (0.5m) - 11.0' (3.5m) wide

External Flash Connection: No (HF-DC1 Optical Slave Flash is available)

External Flash Control: Not Applicable

Performance

Start-Up Time: Not Specified

Shutter Lag: Not Specified

Time Between Shots: Not Specified

Burst Capability: 2.3 fps continuous shooting

Self Timer: 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or Custom

Interval Recording: No

Date & Time Stamp: No

Memory & Power

Built-in Memory: No

Compatible Memory Cards: Secure Digital (SD)/MultiMediaCard (MMC)

Recording Capacity

Includes 16MB MultiMediaCard (MMC)

Still Image Capacity

	SuperFine	Fine	Normal
Widescreen	7	12	25
Large	5	8	19
Medium1	7	13	26
Medium2	14	26	50
Small	56	88	138

Video Capacity

Video Mode	Record Time
High	7 seconds
Medium	22 seconds
Low	43 seconds
Fast Frame Rate	11 seconds
Compact	107 seconds

Battery Type: 2x AA Batteries (Alkaline, NiMH)

Power Adapter: ACK800 AC Adapter Kit (optional)

Input/Output

Computer Interface: USB 2.0

Direct Print Capable: Yes (PictBridge & Canon Direct Print)

Remote Control: No

Video Output: Yes (NTSC & PAL)

Web-Cam Capable: No

System & Software Requirements

Windows System

IBM PC/AT compatible with Pentium 150MHz CPU (Pentium 300MHz or higher for XP)
Microsoft Windows 98/98SE, Me, 2000, XP
Built-in USB Port

Macintosh System

Power Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac, eMac or iBook with Power PC Processor
Mac OS 9.0 - 9.2, OS X (10.1 - 10.2)
Built-in USB Port

Display

Viewfinder: Real-image optical zoom viewfinder

LCD Display: 2.5" low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD (85,000 pixels)

Language Options: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic

Playback Options: Single Image, Magnification (2x - 10x), Auto Rotate, Rotate, Index (9-up), Sound Memos, Auto Play, Erase (single image, all images), Movie playback (Normal, Special Playback, Editing), Movie Erase (part of movie, all of movie)

Physical

Dimensions (HxWxD): 2.6 x 3.6 x 1.7" (64 x 91 x 44mm)

Weight: 6.35 oz. (180g) without battery

What's in the Box

Canon Powershot A540, 6.0 Megapixel, 4x Optical/4x Digital Zoom, Digital Camera

16MB MultiMediaCard (MMC)

2x AA Alkaline Batteries

IFC-400PCU USB Interface Cable
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IFC-400PCU USB Interface Cable

B&H# CAIFC400PCU | Mfr# 9370A001
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The IFC-400PCU USB Interface Cable enables you to transfer your camera pictures to a computer up to 40 times faster than with a serial cable. The cable connects to your camera and to the USB port on your PC or MAC Computer.
Click here for Compatibility Chart

AVC-DC300 A/V Cable
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AVC-DC300 A/V Cable

B&H# CAAVCDC300 | Mfr# 9371A001
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Connects to most late model televisions via the RCA type Video-In terminals; it allows viewing of recorded images from the Canon Powershot Digital Cameras. Approx. 3' long.

Wrist Strap (WS-800)

Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM

User's Guide

1-Year Canon U.S.A. Limited Warranty

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