Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot A3000 IS
Canon
Regional names: .
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 10 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 3648 x 2736
- ISO
- Auto,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 35–140 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F2.7–5.6
- Optical zoom
- 4×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 3 cm (1.18″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 15 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Continuous drive
- 0.8 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 2.7″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC/MMCplus/HD MMCplus
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion NB-8L rechargeable battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 165 g (0.36 lb / 5.82 oz)
- Dimensions
- 97 x 58 x 28 mm (3.82 x 2.28 x 1.1″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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