Canon's PowerShot G2 is the new and improved version of the favoured Canon PowerShot G1. Amongst the significant improvements the PowerShot G2 includes a 4M pixel sensor and Canon's latest image processing technology allied to an RGB mosaic filter instead of the G1's CMYK filter. Of course there's styling improvements and also under the skin improvements. Histogram display similar to D30, E-TTL support for the MR-14EX macro ringlight and also improved E-TTL operation in aperture priority mode.
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| CCD Size Effective pixels Total pixels Filter array |
1/1.8 inch Approx. 4.0M pixels Approx. 4.1M pixels Primary colour (R-G-B-G) |
| Lens Focal length Aperture Construction |
7.0 - 21.0mm (35mm equivalent 34-102mm) F2.0(W)/F2.5(T) 8 elements in 7 groups |
| Digital zoom | Maximum 3.6x Maximum 11x combined optical and digital zoom |
| Focussing method | TTL auto-focus (Continuous or single) 3 selectable focus points AF lock and manual focus are available |
| Focussing range Normal: Macro: Manual: |
70cm - infinity 6 - 70cm (W) / 20 - 70cm (T) 6cm (W) / 20cm (T) - infinity |
| Light metering method | Evaluative / Centre-weighted / Spot metering Spot can be centre spot or linked to selected focussing point |
| Exposure control | Programme AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE and Manual. AE lock is available |
| Exposure compensation | +/- 2EV (1/3 EV step) Auto exposure bracketing (AEB) is available |
| White balance control | TTL auto, 6 presets (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent high, flash) and custom white balance |
| Shutter speed | 15s - 1/1,000s Noise reduction processing for speeds slower than 1.3s |
| Equivalent film speed | AUTO (ISO 50-100) ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 |
| Viewfinder | Optical with dipotre correction |
| LCD monitor | 1.8inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT colour LCD 100% coverage |
| Built-in flash | Auto, red-eye reduction auto, red-eye reduction on, flash on, flash off |
| Flash range | 0.7m - 4.5m(W) / 0.7m - 3.6m(T) at ISO 100 equivalent |
| Flash exposure compensation | +/- 2.0EV at 1/3-stop increments, FE lock available |
| External flash support | Canon Speedlite 220EX, 420EX, 550EX and macro ring-light MR-14EX |
| Shooting modes | Auto, Creative zone (program, shutter priority, aperture priority and manual), Programmed Image Control zone (Pan-focus, portrait, landscape, night scene, colour effects stitch assist and movie) Stitch assist itegrates with supplied PhotoStitch software |
| Continuous shooting High speed: Normal: |
Approx. 2.5 fps, max 5 images Approx. 1.5 fps, max 9 images Large/Fine mode LCD off |
| File format | Design rule for camera file system (DCF), DPOF compliant DCF is an abbreviation standardised by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association [JEITA] |
| Image recording format Still image Movie |
JPEG or RAW AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE [mono]) |
| Compression levels | Super-fine, Fine, Normal |
| Recording pixels Stills: Movies: |
Large - 2,272 x 1,704 pixels Medium 1 - 1,600 x 1,200 pixels Medium 2 - 1,024 x 768 pixels Small - 640 x 480 pixels Large: 320 x 240 pixels (~30s) Small: 160 x 120 pixels (~120s) Movies at approx 15 frames/s |
| Storage capacity with supplied 32MB CF card RAW Large/Superfine Large/Fine Small/Normal Movies: |
~10 images ~14 images ~27 images ~337images 320x240 ~124s, 160x120 ~457s |
| Self-timer | 10s delay |
| Replay modes | Single image reply, index replay (9 thumbnails), 2.5x zoomed view, slideshow, Direct Print with Card Photo Printer CP-10 |
| Camera settings | 12 language LCD menu 10 European languages + Japanese and Chinese |
| Interface | USB AV out PAL/NTSC switchable |
| Power source |
* supplied with camera |
| Operating environment | Temperature: 0 - 40°C Humidity: 10 - 90% |
| Weight | Approx. 425g excluding batteries and CF card |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) |
120.9mm x 76.6mm x 63.8mm |
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