
These are the specs. Look impressive. But I don't know what they are talking about though.
Camera effective pixels Approx. 2 million
Image sensor
1/2.7 in. CCD (Total number of pixels: approx. 2.1 million)
Lens 5.4 (W) - 16.2 (T) mm
(35 mm film equivalent: 35-105 mm)
F 2.7 (W) - 4.7 (T)
Digital Zoom Maximum 2.5x (Maximum 7.5x with optical zoom)
Optical Viewfinder Primary imaging real-image optical zoom viewfinder
LCD monitor 1.5-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD, approx. 120,000 pixels
Autofocus TTL 3 point AiAF/ TTL 1 point center AF Focus lock possible
Focusing Range (from tip of the lens barrel)
Normal 76 cm (2.5 ft.) - infinity
Macro 16 - 76 cm (6.3 in. - 2.5 ft.)(W)
26 - 76 cm (10.2 in. - 2.5 ft.)(T)
Shutter Mechanical + electronic
Shutter Speed 15 - 1/1500 sec.
* 1- 1/ 6 sec. possible at flash-off or slow-synchro in manual mode.
* 15 - 1 sec. possible in long shutter mode.
* Noise reduction processing on speeds between 15 - 1.3 sec.
Light Metering Method Evaluative metering (linked to focusing point)/ Spot metering
Exposure Control Program AE
Exposure Compensation +-2 EV (in 1/3-stop increments)
Sensitivity ISO 50/ 100/ 200/ 400 equivalent and Auto* * Camera automatically adjusts sensitivity in the range of ISO 50 to ISO 150 equivalent.
White Balance TTL auto/ preset (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H) or custom white balance
Flash Red-eye reduction auto/ auto/ on/ off / slow-synchro
Flash Range
Normal Mode 76 cm - 3.5 m (2.5 - 11.5 ft.) (W), 76 cm - 2.0 m (2.5 - 6.6 ft.) (T)
Macro Mode 26 - 76 cm (10.2 in. - 2.5 ft.) (W/T)
Shooting Modes
Auto/ program/ manual/ stitch assist/ movie
Continuous Shooting
Approx. 2.5 images/sec. (Large/ Fine mode, LCD monitor off)
Self-Timer
Shoots after approx. 10 sec. or approx. 2 sec.
PC Connected Shooting
Available (USB connection only. Exclusive software program R emoteCapture is included in the camera kit.)
Recording Media CompactFlash™ card (Type I)
File Format Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF compliant
Image Recording Format
Stills
JPEG (Exif 2.2)*
Movies AVI (Image data : Motion JPEG, Audio data : WAVE [monaural])
Compression Superfine/ fine/ normal
Number of Recording Pixels
Stills
Large 1600 x 1200 pixels
Medium 1024 x 768 pixels
Small
640 x 480 pixels
Movies
640 640 x 480 pixels (approx. 4 sec.)
320 320 x 240 pixels (Approx. 10 sec.)*
160 160 x 120 pixels (Approx. 30 sec.)*
Approx 20 frames/ sec.
* The data in parentheses refer to the maximum movie length per shooting
Replay Modes Single image view/ index view (9 thumbnails)/ zoomed view (LCD monitor zooms images up to 10 x ) / slide show / printing with Card Photo Printer CP-100, CP-10 or Bubble Jet Printer (Direct Print Function)
My Camera Settings Start-up image, Start-up sound, Shutter sound, Operation sound and Selftimer sound. Customizing is possible by downloading data from your computer using the supplied software.
Interface
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Audio/ Video Output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio)
Power Source Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (type: NB-1LH/NB-1L)
Compact Power Adapter CA-PS500
Car Battery Charger CBC-NB1
Operating Temperatures 0 - 40 °C (32 - 104 °F)
Operating Humidity 10 - 90 %
Dimensions (W x H x D) 94.8 x 62.5 x 29.9 mm (3.7 x 2.5 x 1.2 in.) (excluding lens projection)
Weight Approx. 245 g (8.6 oz.) (camera body only)